George Chapman

George Chapman

Author: Vincent W. Beach

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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Poet, dramatist, and translator, George Chapman (1559-1643) was a contemporary of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Jonson as well as a collaborator of Inigo Jones. Chapman is best known for his translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and for the tragedy Bussy D'Ambois. This annotated guide to Chapman scholarship examines individual works in the major genres in which Chapman was active and covers: poems; translations; comedies; tragedies/histories; and includes a section on general studies covering biographies, documents and letters, and other reference works. This volume should be a useful resource for students of Renaissance and Jacobean literature and drama.


Chapman's The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron

Chapman's The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron

Author: George Ray

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0429648065

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Originally published in 1979, this two-volume modern spelling of George Chapman's The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron is split into two parts: a critical introduction and commentary, and the texts of the double-play, the Conspiracy (contained in Volume I) and the Tragedy (Volume II - not currently available). The Critical Introduction comprises five chapters treating the date, sources, scholarly tradition, interpretation, and unity of The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Byron.