The Sacred Dramas of George Buchanan - Couverture souple

Buchanan Dr, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1432642413 ISBN 13 : 9781432642419

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

The Sacred Dramas of George Buchanan is a collection of plays written by the Scottish poet and scholar, George Buchanan. The book includes six plays, each of which is based on a biblical story or character. The plays are written in Latin, with English translations provided in the book. The plays included in the book are: - Baptistes: a play about John the Baptist - Jephthes: a play about Jephthah - Judith: a play about the story of Judith and Holofernes - Sphaera: a play about the creation of the world - Franciscanus: a play about the life of St. Francis of Assisi - Ioannes: a play about the life of John the Evangelist Buchanan's plays were written in the 16th century and were intended to be performed by students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. They were designed to teach moral lessons and promote Christian values. Overall, The Sacred Dramas of George Buchanan is an important work of Renaissance literature and provides insight into the religious and cultural values of the time. The book is a valuable resource for scholars of literature, history, and theology, as well as anyone interested in the plays and poetry of the Renaissance era.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In making this translation I have had before me only two editions of theL atin text, viz., that of 1615 (A ndro Hart, Edinburgh), and that of 1667 (H. Wetstein, A msterdam). Both give the bare text without note or comment; and, apart from typographical errors, they are in complete accord. Two metrical translations of these Dramas are known to me to have appeared; one of them in 1870 (M oodie Miller, Edinburgh), and the other a few years ago (G ardner, Paisley). Of the latter I cannot speak, never having seen it, and having indeed avoided seeing it, my. own translation being by that time prjctically complete. The earlier version is a careful and creditable piece of work; but as a poetic rendering it suffers from its rigid literalism. The translator has shown great selfrestraint in adhering resolutely and at all costs to his text, and in firmly refusing to round oif a thought, or place it in a setting somewhat more in unison with the genius or idiom of theE nglish tongue.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1432642413
• ISBN 13: 9781432642419
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 172
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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