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Major Latin Poems of Jacopo Sannazaro »

Authors: Jacopo Sannazaro, Ralph Nash
ISBN-13: 9780814325490, ISBN-10: 0814325491
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Date Published: March 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Jacopo Sannazaro

Book Synopsis

The major Latin poems of Sannazaro translated into English prose with commentary and selected verse translations by Ralph Nash.

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Translations of the neo-Latin verse of the Italian poet Sannazaro (1458-1530), the major poems in prose to emphasize the meaning of the texts, and several elegies in rhymed couplets to illustrate their impact on the English poetry of Milton, Spenser, Herrick, Jonson, and others clear into the 18th century. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Includes a glossary/index of names and places, without pronunciation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Chronological Table	7
	General Introduction	9
	De Partu Virginis/On the Virgin's Childbearing	31
	A Lamentation on the Death of Christ	65
	The Piscatorial Eclogues	71
	The Willows	89
	The Elegies	95
	Verse Translations	161
	Eleven Elegics	165
	Twenty-one Epigrams	176
	Epithalamion for Isabella of Aragon	183
	Appendices	191
	Appendix A: The Chronology of Frederick's First Marriage	193
	Appendix B: An Unnoticed Imitation of Virgil in Paradise Lost and De Partu Virginis	198
	Appendix C: The Orange Grove at Mergellina	203
	Appendix D: Mary's Magnificat (De Partu Virginis 2.43-66)	206
	Appendix E: The Lamb Twice Dyed (De Partu Virginis 3.192-93)	209
	Bibliography of Works Cited	213
	Glossary of Names of Persons and Places	217

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Poetry

Latin Poetry, Medieval & Modern

Latin poetry, Medieval and modern
Fiction Books & Literature