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Author Powell, Rosalind, author

Title Christopher Smart's English lyrics : translation in the eighteenth century / Rosalind Powell
Published Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 209 pages)
Series British literature in context in the long eighteenth century
British literature in context in the long eighteenth century.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; References and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Translating Original Verse; 2 A Translation of the Psalms: Replacing David; 3 Fracturing Phaedrus: Smart's Translated and Original Fables; 4 Smart's Horace: Creating Curious Felicity in English Verse; Conclusion: Smart's Lyric Immortality; Bibliography; Index
Summary In her study of Christopher Smart's translating practice, Powell proposes a new approach to understanding the relationship between Smart's poetics and his practice. Addressing Smart''s versions of Horace, Phaedrus and the Psalms alongside popular works such as Jubilate Agno, this study offers broad insights into classical reception and translation theory; expressions of nationalism; developments in liturgy and hymnody; and the composition of juvenile texts in the early modern era
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-201) and index
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Subject Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771 fast
Subject Translating and interpreting -- England -- History -- 18th century
Translating and interpreting
England
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1322433895
9781322433899
9781472435088
1472435087