1st Edition
Judith Man Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series I, Part Three, Volume 2
By Amelia A. Zurcher
Copyright 2003
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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An Epitome of the History of Faire Argenis and Polyarchus is Judith Man's English translation of a 1623 French work by Nicolas Coeffeteau, Histoire de Poliarque et d'Argenis, which is itself an abridgement and translation of one of the most widely read fictional works of the seventeenth century, John Barclay's 1621 Latin romance Argenis. An extended political allegory of the rise to power of the... Read more
Contents: Introductory note; Judith Man, tr. Epitome of the History of Faire Argenis and Polyarchus (1640); Appendix A: John Barclay, from Liber V of Ioannis Barclaii Argenis, 2nd edition (1622); Appendix B: Nicolas Coeffeteau, tr. pp. 152-174 (204) from Histoire de Poliarque et d'Argenis (1624); Appendix C: Kingsmill Long, tr. Book 5, Chaps, 18-20 from Barclay his Argenis, 2nd edition (1636).
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Amelia A. Zurcher
