The final two volumes in the CWE contain an edition and translation ofErasmuss poetry. For Erasmus scholars this work affords the first opportunityto evaluate a... » 

The final two volumes in the CWE contain an edition and translation ofErasmuss poetry. For Erasmus scholars this work affords the first opportunityto evaluate and analyse Erasmus poems in English. And for those interested inRenaissance and Reformation poetry in general these offer an intriguing lookat the work of one of the towering figures of the period writing in a genrethat was for him unusual.The annotations include a pathbreaking commentary piece by Harry Vredeveld onErasmus most famous poem Poem on the Trouble of Old Age. Another importantfeature is the appearance of the original Latin of each poem alongside theEnglish translation. «