English Aeneid : translations of Virgil, 1555-1646 /

The first book-length study of the English Renaissance translations of Virgil's Aeneid. This study brings to light a history of English Renaissance Aeneids that has been lost from view. Previous monographs have explored the complete translations by Gavin Douglas (1513) and John Dryden (1697), b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brammall, Sheldon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
Series:Edinburgh critical studies in literary translation.
Subjects:
Virgil. > Aeneis.
Virgil > Translations into English > History and criticism.
Virgil > Appreciation > England.
Virgil
Aeneis (Virgil)
1500-1599
Epic poetry, Latin > Translations into English > History and criticism.
Translating and interpreting > England > History > 16th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Art appreciation
Epic poetry, Latin > Translations into English
Translating and interpreting
England
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Search for a Lofty British Virgil : The Early Elizabethan Aeneids of Thomas Phaer, Thomas Twyne and Richard Stanyhurst
  • 2. "Sound this Angry Message in Thine Eares" : Sympathy and the Translations of the Aeneid in Marlowe's Dido Queene of Carthage
  • 3. Courteous Virgil : The Manuscript Translations of an Anonymous Poet, Sir John Harington and Sir William Mure of Rowallan
  • 4. Virginian Virgil : The Single-Book Translations of Sir Thomas Wroth, Sir Dudley Digges and George Sandys
  • 5. Rome at War : The Military Virgils of John Vicars, Robert Stapylton and Robert Heath.

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