Gavin Douglas, The Aeneid (1513): Part One: Introduction, Books I-VIII

Gordon Kendal

Gavin Douglas, The Aeneid (1513)
Part One: Introduction, Books I-VIII

Edited by Gordon Kendal

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Virgil (70-19 BCE), Roman poet

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Gavin Douglas (1474-1522), Scottish bishop and translator

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Tudor and Stuart Translations 7/1 of 2

Modern Humanities Research Association

1 September 2011 • 458pp

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This is volume 1 of 2. See also volume 2 here.

Virgil’s story of Aeneas, exiled from fallen Troy and leading his people to a new life through the founding of Rome, was familiar in the middle ages. The first true and full translation into any form of English was completed in Scotland in 1513 by Gavin Douglas and published in print forty years later. His version (still considered by some to be the finest of all) is significant historically but also for its intrinsic qualities: vigour, faithfulness, and a remarkable flair for language. Douglas was a scholar as well as a poet and brought to his task a detailed knowledge of the Latin text and of its major commentators, together with a sensitive mastery of his own language, both Scots and English, contemporary and archaic. The present edition is the first to regularise his spelling and make access easier for the modern reader without compromising the authentic Scots-English blend of his language. Glossaries (side- and end-) explain obscurities in his vocabulary while the introduction and notes set the work in context and indicate how Douglas understands and refocusses the great Virgilian epic. It will be of interest to medievalists and Renaissance scholars, to classicists and to students of the English language, and not least to the general reader whom Douglas had especially in mind.

Gordon Kendal is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of English, University of St Andrews.

Reviews:

‘This edition is most welcome. No lover of Douglas or of Virgil has any excuse for not buying it.’ — Alastair Fowler, Times Literary Supplement 27 April 2012, 5
‘Kendal’s edition accomplishes what the series sets out to do: here is a version of Douglas’ translation that will allow a non-specialist audience to read it more fluently and enjoy it. A broader audience and a teaching function might also be promoted by the text’s digital availability. As Douglas wished his translation to ‘be repute a needful work’ for Virgil, so this edition should become for those who would present Douglas’ translation effectively to a broader modern audience.’ — Sheldon Brammall, Translation and Literature 21, 2012, 241

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i-iv	Front Matter Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.1	Cite
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v-vi	Table of Contents Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.2	Cite
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vii-viii	Acknowledgements Á. M. doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.3	Cite
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ix-ix	Abbreviations Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.4	Cite
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x-x	[Illustration] Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.5	Cite
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1-36	Introduction Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.6	Cite
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37-85	Chapter 1 Writing in the 1960s Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.7	Cite
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86-133	Chapter 2 the Case of the Berlin Writings Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.8	Cite
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134-188	Chapter 3 ‘Liebe Ist Ein Kunstwerk’: the Appeal To Gaspara Stampa Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.9	Cite
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189-222	Chapter 4 Tristan and the Composition of A Reflexive Aesthetic Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.10	Cite
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223-227	Conclusion Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.11	Cite
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228-242	Bibliography Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.12	Cite
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243-252	INDEX Gordon Kendal doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.13	Cite
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Gavin Douglas, The Aeneid (1513)Part One: Introduction, Books I-VIII

Edited by Gordon Kendal

Gavin Douglas, The Aeneid (1513)
Part One: Introduction, Books I-VIII