Lucretius, and Lucretius. “Introduction”. Lucy Hutchinson’s Translation of Lucretius, "De rerum natura", edited by Hugh De Quehen, translated by. Lucy Hutchinson, University of Michigan Press, 1996, pp. 1-20.
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Lucretius
Standard Name: Lucretius
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Intertextuality and Influence | Hélène Barcynska | She used as epigraph for her biography some lines from Lucretius
about spiritual journeying. She begins with the death of Caradoc Evans
and moves back to her account of his life, which purports to owe... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Lucy Hutchinson | Lucretius
, as a pagan philosopher and theologian (and, as LH
and her contemporaries believed, insane much of the time and sexually promiscuous), was a daring choice for one of her religious opinions. |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Henrietta Rouviere Mosse | The widely varied quotations heading the chapters include some in Latin (Virgil
, Cicero
, Lucretius
, Horace
) and some in French (Rousseau
, Voltaire
, Marmontel
, and Manon Roland
). The English writers quoted include Mary Robinson
. McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta, 1997. |
| Literary responses | Caroline Clive | The volume firmly established CC
's reputation as a gifted and talented writer. She was delighted when John Gibson Lockhart
wrote (under the impression that he was addressing a man) that he was deeply impressed... |
| Author summary | Lucy Hutchinson | LH
has been long known as the author of memoirs of her husband which are also a significant historical account of the Englich Civil War. Her petitions and religious writings were also known, though less... |
| Reception | Lucy Hutchinson | Since her tally of works in print began to climb steeply in the 1990s, anthologists Jane Stevenson
and Peter Davidson
have called LHone of the most important poets, man or woman, of the mid-century... |
| Textual Production | Aphra Behn | AB
dated her commendatory poem for the second edition of Thomas Creech
's translation of Lucretius
, De rerum natura. O’Donnell, Mary Ann. Aphra Behn: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. Garland, 1986. 259-60 Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press, 1997. 291-4 |
| Textual Production | Dora Carrington | Carrington
cut (and most likely designed) the title page and first letter of the Omega Workshops
' third publication, Lucretius
on Death. Hill, Jane, and Michael Holroyd. The Art of Dora Carrington. Herbert Press, 1994. 38-9, 138 |
| Textual Production | Anne Francis | Both versions were Printed for the Author. The title-page with the author's name gave a quotation from Lucretius
in Latin with extended translation (about bees gathering honey), and mentioned the names of booksellers stocking the... |
| Textual Production | Lucy Hutchinson | LH
translated into English verse all six books of Lucretius
, De rerum natura. Editor David Norbrook
believes that the translation dates from the 1650s. Hutchinson, Lucy. “Introduction, Chronology”. Order and Disorder, edited by David Norbrook, Blackwell, 2001, p. i - lviii. x Lucretius,. Lucy Hutchinson’s Translation of Lucretius, "De rerum natura". Editor De Quehen, Hugh, Translator Hutchinson, Lucy, University of Michigan Press, 1996. |
| Textual Production | Lucy Hutchinson | LH
sent a copy of her version of Lucretius
' De rerum natura to the dedicatee, Lord Anglesey
, to dispose of as he thought best. Greer, Germaine. “Horror like Thunder”. London Review of Books, 21 June 2001, pp. 22-4. 22 qtd. in Lucretius, and Lucretius. “Introduction”. Lucy Hutchinson’s Translation of Lucretius, "De rerum natura", edited by Hugh De Quehen, translated by. Lucy Hutchinson, University of Michigan Press, 1996, pp. 1-20. 10 |
| Textual Production | Lucy Hutchinson | By this date, she had come to despise Lucretius
and think it a sin to translate him; she was then painfully deprecatory qtd. in Mayo, Thomas Franklin. Epicurus in England (1650-1725). Southwest Press, 1934. 21 qtd. in Mayo, Thomas Franklin. Epicurus in England (1650-1725). Southwest Press, 1934. 21-2 |
Timeline
1684: The first volume appeared of Miscellany Poems,...
Writing climate item
1684
The first volume appeared of Miscellany Poems, an influential poetry anthology connected with the names of Jacob Tonson
the elder, publisher, and John Dryden
; the final part came out in 1709.
Lavoie, Chantel Michelle. Poems by Eminent Ladies: A Study of an Eighteenth-Century Anthology. University of Toronto, 1999.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Texts
Lucretius, and Lucretius. “Introduction”. Lucy Hutchinson’s Translation of Lucretius, "De rerum natura", edited by Hugh De Quehen, translated by. Lucy Hutchinson, University of Michigan Press, 1996, pp. 1-20.
Lucretius,. Lucy Hutchinson’s Translation of Lucretius, "De rerum natura". Editor De Quehen, Hugh, Translator Hutchinson, Lucy, University of Michigan Press, 1996.