The First Printed Translations into English of the Great Foreign Classics: A Supplement to Text-Books of English LiteratureHarris, William James
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The First Printed Translations into English of the Great Foreign Classics: A Supplement to Text-Books of English Literature
Harris, William James
Literature -- Translations into English -- Bibliography
THE HOUSEHOLDER'S PHILOSOPHY. _Tr._ by T. K. 1588.
Writings largely influenced by Virgil.
Imitated by Spencer in his 'Faerie Queene'. Milton was also
influenced by him.
=TASSONI, ALESSANDRA.= _b._ 1565, _d._ 1635. =Italian critic and
satirist.=
LA SECCHIA RAPITA; or, THE RAPE OF THE BUCKET. _Tr._ by J. Atkinson,
1825.
Published severe criticism on the poet Petrarch in 1609, which
gave rise to much bitter controversy with several of that
poet's admirers.
Suggested to Pope his 'Rape of the Lock'.
=TEGNÉR, ESAIAS.= _b._ 1782, _d._ 1846. =Swedish poet.=
AXEL: a romance (1821). _Tr._ by R. Muckleton, 1864.
AXEL AND SVEA. Poems ... _Tr._ by O. Baker, 1840.
FRITHJOF'S SAGA (1825). _Tr._ by W. Strong [1833].
SONG OF THE SUN. _Tr._ 1817.
=TELLEZ, FR. GABRIEL.= _b._ 1570, _d._ 1648. =Spanish writer.=
TRAVELS OF THE JESUITS IN ETHIOPIA, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF KINGDOMS
AND PROVINCES OF THE EMPIRE, THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE,
etc. _Tr._ 1710.
=TERENCE, PUBLIUS TERENTIUS.= _b._ _c._ 195 B.C., _d._ 159 B.C.
=Roman comic poet.=
ANDRIA THE FIRST COMEDIE OF TERENCE IN ENGLISH. _Tr._ by M. Kyffin,
1588.
COMEDIES MADE ENGLISH ... By several Hands [L. Eachard, etc.]. 1694.
FLOURES FOR LATINE SPEAKYING ... GATHERED OUTE OF TERENCE ...
Translated into Englyshe, together with exposition and settyng foorth
as well of suche latine wordes ... thought nedeful to be añoted, as
also of diverse grammaticall rules ... compiled by N. Udall, 1553.
THE SECOND COMEDIE OF P. T. CALLED EUNUCHUS ... English and Latine:
claused for such as would write or speak the pure language of this
Author ... _Tr._ by Dr. Webbe, 1629.
TERENS IN ENGLYSH. [The translacyon out of Latin into Englysh of the
fürst comedy of Tyrens called Andria.] [1520.]
The dramas of Terence influenced English comedy of intrigue
after the Restoration.
=TERESA, SAINT.= _b._ 1515, _d._ 1582. =Spanish nun.=
THE FLAMING HART; or, THE LIFE OF THE GLORIOUS S. TERESA. _Tr._ by M.
T., 1642.
=TERTULLIAN= (=QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENS TERTULLIANUS=). _b._ 160,
_d._ 230. =Latin father of the Church.=
ADDRESS OF TERTULLIAN TO SCAPULA TERTULLUS. _Tr._ by Sir D.
Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, 1790.
THE SECONDE BOOKE OF TERTULLIAN unto his Wyf. _Tr._ by John Hoper,
1550.
TERTULLIAN'S APOLOGY, or DEFENCE OF THE CHRISTIANS ... _Tr._ by H.
B.[rown] 1655.
TERTULLIAN'S PRESCRIPTION AGAINST HERETICKS. _Tr._ by J. Betty, 1722.
=THEOCRITUS.= _b._ 300, _d._ B.C. =One of the most famous pastoral
poets of antiquity.=
THE CYCLOPS. _Tr._ in English Verse by Francis Hryland, 1763.
THE IDYLLIUMS OF THEOCRITUS ... _Tr._ [by T. Creech], 1684.
THE SHEPHERD'S STARRE, NOW OF LATE SEENE ... [By T. Bradshaw], 1591.
SIXE IDYLLIA. _Tr._ by E. D. 1588.
Influenced Tennyson's 'Œnone' Spenser's 'Shepheard's Calendar',
Sidney's 'Arcadia', Milton's 'Lycidas', Arnold's 'Thyrsis'.
Shelley's 'Adonais' is an echo of Moschus' 'Lament for Bion'.
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