The works of lucy hutchinson: volume i: the translation of lucretius

Volume I in a four-volume edition of the writings of Lucy Hutchinson, which have never before been published in a collected edition. Hutchinson's translation of Lucretius's classical epic De rerum natura is provided alongside the Latin text she used. The detailed commentary and full introduction illuminate the translation and its contexts. This is the first volume in the four-volume edition of The Works of Lucy Hutchinson, the first-ever collected edition of thewritings of the pioneering author and translator. Hutchinson (1620-81) had a remarkable range of her interests, from Latin poetry to Civil War politics andtheology. This edition of her translation of Lucretius's De rerum natura offers new biographical material, demonstrating the changes and unexpected continuities in Hutchinson's lifebetween the work's composition in the 1650s and its dedication in 1675. Hers is the first complete surviving English translation of one of the great classical epics, a challenging text at the borderlines of poetry and philosophy. Forthe first time, the Lucretius translation is made available alongside the Latin textHutchinson used, which differs in innumerable ways from versions known today.The commentary provides multiple ways into further understanding of the translation and its contexts. Written at a momentous period in political and literary history, Hutchinson's Lucretius throws light on the complex transition between 'ancient' and 'modern' conceptions of the classical canon and of natural philosophy. It offers a case study in the history of reading, and more specifically of reading by a woman.Through close comparison with three contemporary translations, this edition situates Hutchinson's version in the context of the shifting poetic languages of the seventeenth century, and facilitates an approach to Lucretius' often rebarbative Latin. It further demonstrates the remarkable ways in whichHutchinson's engagement with this 'atheistical' poem leaves deep traces on her later, militantly Calvinist prose and verse. INDICE: Part I Dedication Acknowledgements and permissions List of illustrations Abbreviations and conventions Introduction Lucretius, De rerum natura: the Latin text, books 1-6 Hutchinson's Lucretius, books 1-6 Part II CommentaryBibliography and Abbreviations List Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-924736-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 960
• Fecha Publicación: 22/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés