Thomas May Lucans Pharsalia 1627
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Author | : Emma Buckley |
Publisher | : MHRA |
Total Pages | : 461 |
Release | : 2020-11-27 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1781889953 |
Lauded after his death as ‘champion of the English Commonwealth’, but also derided as a ‘most servile wit, and mercenary pen’, the poet, dramatist and historian Thomas May (c.1595–1650) produced the first full translation into English of Lucan’s Bellum Ciuile shortly before a ruinous civil war engulfed his own country. Lucan, whose epic had lamented the Roman Republic’s doomed struggle to preserve liberty and inevitable enslavement to the Caesars, and who was forced to commit suicide at the behest of the emperor Nero, was a figure of fascination in early modern Europe. May’s accomplished rendition of his challenging poem marked an important moment in the history of its English reception. This is a modernized edition of the first complete (1627) edition of the translation. It includes prefatory materials, dedications and May’s own historical notes on the text. Besides an introduction contextualising May’s life and work and the key features of his translation, it offers a full commentary to the text highlighting how May responded to contemporary editions and commentaries on Lucan, and explaining points of literary, political, philosophical interest. There is also a detailed glossary and bibliography, and a set of textual notes enumerating the chief differences between the 1627 edition and the others produced in May’s lifetime. This volume aims not just to provide an accessible path into the dense, sometimes provocative poem May shapes from Lucan, but also a broader appreciation of the translator’s literary merits and the role his work plays in the history of the English reception of Roman literature and culture.
Author | : Lucan |
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Release | : 1679 |
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Author | : Thomas May |
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Total Pages | : 43 |
Release | : 1786 |
Genre | : English poetry |
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Author | : Thomas May |
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Total Pages | : 43 |
Release | : 1786 |
Genre | : Latin poetry |
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Author | : H. T. Riley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2015-09-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781330633847 |
Excerpt from The Pharsalia of Lucan: Literally Translated Into English Prose With Copious Notes In the following Translation, the text of Weise has been adopted, except in a few instances, where the readings of Cortius, Weber, or the older Commentators, appeared preferable. It is much to be regretted that, notwithstanding their labours, the text still remains in a corrupt state. The Pharsalia has not been previously translated into English prose; but there have been two poetical versions, one by Thomas May, in 1627, the other by Nicholas Rowe. The latter is too well known to require comment; the former, though replete with the quaint expressions peculiar to the early part of the seventeenth century, has the merit of adhering closely to the original, and is remarkable for its accuracy. The present translation has been made on the same principle as those of Ovid and Plautus in the Classical Library; it is strictly literal, and is intended to be a faithful reflex, not only of the author's meaning, but, as nearly as possible, of his actual modes of expression. To enhance the value of the work in an historical point of view, the narrative has been illustrated by a comparison with parallel passages in the Commentaries of Caesar, and the works of other ancient historians who have treated of the wars between Pompey and Caesar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Author | : Thomas May |
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Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : English drama |
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Author | : Donald R. Kelley |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1997-09-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521590693 |
Distinguished historians and literary scholars explore the overlap, interplay, and interaction between history and fiction.
Author | : Andrew Shifflett |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1998-08-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521592031 |
This 1998 book examines key seventeenth-century writers in the context of their common interest in the philosophical tradition of Stoicism.
Author | : Sophie Tomlinson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780521811118 |
Author | : Ian Atherton |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2006-09-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780719071584 |
Examining the Caroline era - a period of great importance to English history in the build-up to the Civil War, these essays address politics, religion, the monarchy, culture, literature, and art history.