The Tudor writer Roger Ascham (c.1514 1568) was royal tutor to Princess Elizabeth. Ascham is best known for his works Toxophilus (1545) and The Scholemaster (1570) which were edited, together with his Report of the Affairs and State of Germany (1570), by the renowned literary scholar William Aldis Wright (1831 1914) and published in 1904 as part of the Cambridge English Classics series. Toxophilus, a Ciceronian dialogue between Philologus (the lover of study) and Toxophilus (the lover of the bow), articulates the importance of physical training to a gentleman's education. The Scholemaster,...
The Tudor writer Roger Ascham (c.1514 1568) was royal tutor to Princess Elizabeth. Ascham is best known for his works Toxophilus (1545) and The Schole...
Originally published in 1903, this collection gathers together the poetry of John Milton in a single volume. The text is carefully edited by William Aldis Wright (1831 1914), a renowned scholar of the time and a Milton specialist. In the preface Wright explains the reasons behind favouring particular editions and various editorial judgements, the end result being an attempt to remain as close to Milton's original vision as possible. There are numerous critical notes, but in accordance with a generally unobtrusive approach, these are contained towards the end of the text. This remains a fine...
Originally published in 1903, this collection gathers together the poetry of John Milton in a single volume. The text is carefully edited by William A...
William Aldis Wright (1831 1914) was a literary and biblical scholar who served first as Librarian, then Bursar, at Trinity College, Cambridge, and as secretary to the Old Testament Revision Company, published widely on Shakespeare, and was an expert in both Hebrew and sixteenth-century English. This fully updated second edition of a work begun by Jonathan Eastwood (1824 1864) was first published in 1884. It draws on Wright's extensive experience in both literary and biblical study and offers a clear and detailed glossary of hundreds of obsolete and archaic words commonly used in the...
William Aldis Wright (1831 1914) was a literary and biblical scholar who served first as Librarian, then Bursar, at Trinity College, Cambridge, and as...
Originally published in 1911, this book contains the complete text of the Psalms in six different English translations: Coverdale (1535); Great Bible (1539); Geneva (1560); Bishops (1568); Authorised (1611); Revised (1885). It was edited by the renowned nonconformist writer and critic William Aldis Wright (1831-1914). This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Psalms and biblical translation.
Originally published in 1911, this book contains the complete text of the Psalms in six different English translations: Coverdale (1535); Great Bible ...
