The Poems and Translations of Sir Richard Fanshawe: Volume 2.Fanshawe, Sir Richard Fanshawe, Sir Richard (făn`shô), 1608–66, English diplomat and man of letters. He was secretary to the ambassador to Spain (1635–38) and chargé d'affaires there (1638). . The Poems and Translations of Sir Richard Fanshawe Sir Richard Fanshawe (June, 1608 - June 16 1666), diplomat, translator, and poet, born at Ware Park, Herts, and educated at Cambridge, travelled on the Continent, and when the English Civil War broke out sided with the King and was sent to Spain to obtain money for the cause. : Volume 2. Ed. Peter Davidson. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. xxii + 676 pp. append To add to the end of an existing structure. . $200. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0-19-818299-6. This second volume completes the first edition of Fanshawe's collected works, and includes "The Lusiad, Or, Portugal's Historicall Poem," "Specimen rerum a Lusitanis," "Latin Epitaphs," "Querer por Solo Querer," and "Fiestas de Aranjuez." Copy texts include manually-corrected printed texts with provenances in Fanshawe's family and immediate circle" and, in the case of "Specium rerum a Lusitanis," a presentation manuscript compiled under Fanshawe's direction; substantive textual variants are collated. The textual introduction details these copy texts, extensive commentary accompanies each poem, and Professor Roger Walker has contributed an essay on the translation of Camoes. |
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