Critical Essays on Dramatic Poetry, with Notes by the Translator
by Voltaire
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ISBN13: 9781151571359
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1761 Excerpt: ... PREFACE To the Edition of Mr. VOLTAIRE'S Caesar, in 1738. WE give this edition of the. tragedy of the death of Caesar, by Mr. de Voltaire, who, we can safely say, is the first that has made the enghsh muses known in France. He translated into verse some years ago, several passages out of the best poets of England, for the instruction of his friends; and, by that means, he induced many to learn the English; so that, now, this language is become familiar to men of letters. It is doing service to our minds to embellish them thus with the riches of foreign countries. Among the most singular extracts from the english poets that our friend tran This in the original, is called the publisher's preface. dated slated for us, was the scene of Antony and the people of Rome, taken from the tragedy of Julius Caesar, which was wrote an hundred and fifty years ago by the famous Shakespear, and acted to this day with such success on the theatres of London. We asked for the whole play, but it was impossible to translate it. Shakespear was a great genius, but he lived in an ignorant age, and one finds in all his pieces the barbarism of the times, much more than the genius of the writer. Mr. de Voltaire, instead of translating the monstrous composition of Shakespear, wrote in the english taste, this Julius Caesar, which we now present to the public. This imitation is not like the Sir Politick of Mr. de St. Evremond, who, . without any knowledge of the englifh stage, or being even acquainted with the language, published his Sir Politick, with an intent to make english comedy known to the French. It may be justly said of that comedy that it was neither in the taste of the English, nor or of any other nation., It is easy to perceive in the tragedy of the death o
| ISBN-13 | 9781151571359 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1151571350 |
| Weight | 0.33 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.22 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 92 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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