Delphi Complete Poetry of George Chapman (Illustrated)

✍ Scribed by George Chapman

• Book ID: 110910090
• Publisher: Delphi Classics Ltd
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 5 MB
• Series: Delphi Poets
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781786562135
• ASIN: B071L38T5Z

✦ Synopsis

The English poet and dramatist, George Chapman, whose translation of Homer long remained the standard English version, was a rival of Shakespeare and a revered classical scholar. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. For the first time in digital publishing, this volume presents Chapman's complete poetry, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

• Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Chapman's life and works

  • Concise introduction to Chapman's life and poetry

    • Excellent formatting of the poems

      • Special alphabetical contents tables for the poetry

        • The poetry text is based on the Oxford University Press 1941 edition of Chapman

          • Easily locate the poems you want to read

            • The complete Homeric translations

              • Includes a selection of Chapman's famous plays - spend hours exploring the poet's celebrated works

                • Features a bonus biographical and critical work by Algernon Charles Swinburne

                  • Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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                    CONTENTS:

                    The Life and Poetry of George Chapman

                    BRIEF INTRODUCTION: GEORGE CHAPMAN

                    COMPLETE POEMS OF GEORGE CHAPMAN

                    LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

                    The Homeric Translations

                    THE ILIADS

                    THE ODYSSEYS

                    THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE

                    THE HOMERIC HYMNS

                    The Comedies

                    AN HUMOROUS DAY'S MIRTH

                    EASTWARD HO

                    MAY DAY

                    The Tragedies

                    THE TRAGEDY OF BUSSY D'AMBOIS

                    THE REVENGE OF BUSSY D'AMBOIS

                    ROLLO DUKE OF NORMANDY

                    The Biography

                    GEORGE CHAPMAN by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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