The English Aeneid: Translations of Virgil 1555-1646

ISBN-13: 9780748699087 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 224 str.

Sheldon Brammall

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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), but there has been little research focussing on the Aeneid translations which appeared in between. This book covers the period from the beginning of Elizabeth's reign to the start of the English Civil War, during which time there were thirteen authors who composed substantial translations of Virgil's epic. These translators include prominent literary figures such as Richard Stanyhurst, Christopher Marlowe, and Sir John Harington as well as scholars, schoolmasters, and members of parliament. Rather than simply viewing these Aeneids as scattered efforts preceding Dryden and the 'golden age' of Augustan translation, this book argues that these works represent a recognizable and important period of English classical translation. Drawing on manuscripts and printed sources, the book sketches a continuous portrait of the English Aeneids as they developed through the ages of Elizabeth, James, and Charles I.

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Acknowledgements; Notes; Contents; Introduction; 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 Oppositional Virgils of John Vicars, Robert Stapylton, and Robert Health; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.