Napoleo Latinitate vestitus. Napoleon Bonaparte in lateinischen Dichtungen vom Ende des 18. bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Vol. I: Von der Französischen Revolution bis zum Konsulat Bonapartes (1790-1804)

In this first volume, Krüssel introduces about sixty poems from the beginning of the French Revolution to the end of Napoleon's consulate with his coronation in 1 804. The editor collected the texts, most of them from printed versions as opposed to manuscripts, from archives in Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and England, many of them unknown, some even by forgotten authors. [...]he presents us with a complete edition of the selected poems, each with an introduction, the Latin text, a German translation, and explanatory notes. With these first fruits of his work he does, however, provide us with an overview of the vast Neo-Latin poetry on Napoleon and rescues numerous and various literary texts from oblivion. [...]the first volume of the series represents a successful first step towards filling a large research gap in the field of Neo-Latin literature and offers a substantial basis for promising further studies on one of the most influential historical figures of early modern times.