Major Latin Poems of Jacopo Sannazaro

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Author: Jacopo Sannazaro

ISBN-10: 0814325491

ISBN-13: 9780814325490

Category: Latin poetry, Medieval and modern

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The major Latin poems of Sannazaro translated into English prose with commentary and selected verse translations by Ralph Nash.BooknewsTranslations 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 Table7General Introduction9De Partu Virginis/On the Virgin's Childbearing31A Lamentation on the Death of Christ65The Piscatorial Eclogues71The Willows89The Elegies95Verse Translations161Eleven Elegics165Twenty-one Epigrams176Epithalamion for Isabella of Aragon183Appendices191Appendix A: The Chronology of Frederick's First Marriage193Appendix B: An Unnoticed Imitation of Virgil in Paradise Lost and De Partu Virginis198Appendix C: The Orange Grove at Mergellina203Appendix D: Mary's Magnificat (De Partu Virginis 2.43-66)206Appendix E: The Lamb Twice Dyed (De Partu Virginis 3.192-93)209Bibliography of Works Cited213Glossary of Names of Persons and Places217