David Bywaters
Biographic Data
| ID | 5658639 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Bywaters |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Bywaters |
| SIGNATURE | BYWATERS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Illinois University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Representations of the Interregnum and Restoration in English Drama of the early 1660s
The Problem of Dryden's Fables
THE MEANDERING TITLE of John Dryden's Fables Ancient and Modem Translated into Versefrom Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer with Original Poems reflects the difficulty of formulating even the simplest general statement about the nature of the work. It is not a collection of translations, for it contains original poems; it is not a collection of stories, for much of it is not narrative. Even its fables vary widely in genre and tone -The Cock and th…
Dryden in Revolutionary England
Dryden in revolutionary England
Dryden's Final Poetic Mode
Politics and Translation
In 1698 the London publisher Matthew Gillyflower issued collaborative translation of Tacitus's Annals and Histories, the first English Tacitus in century.' The book reached second and final edition in 1716; thereafter it was remembered only to be dismissed as hurried rendering of Amelot de la Houssaye's Tacite avec des Notes Politiques et Historiques.? Of course, many translations of the Roman historians appeared in the later seventeenth century …
Gulliver's Travels and the Mode of Political Parallel During Walpole's Administration
In choosing to write first part of Gulliver's Travels as a political parallel, Swift had more to think about than mere invention of Lilliputian analogues for Whig misdeeds. For by 1726, parallel had been in almost constant use for two generations in all degrees of literature, from most elevated tragedies to humblest ballads, and so, in a sense, had taken on a life of its own. Readers approached it with certain attitudes and expectations derived f…
Dryden in revolutionary England
The Problem of Dryden's Fables
THE MEANDERING TITLE of John Dryden's Fables Ancient and Modem Translated into Versefrom Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer with Original Poems reflects the difficulty of formulating even the simplest general statement about the nature of the work. It is not a collection of translations, for it contains original poems; it is not a collection of stories, for much of it is not narrative. Even its fables vary widely in genre and tone -The Cock and th…
Gulliver's Travels and the Mode of Political Parallel During Walpole's Administration
In choosing to write first part of Gulliver's Travels as a political parallel, Swift had more to think about than mere invention of Lilliputian analogues for Whig misdeeds. For by 1726, parallel had been in almost constant use for two generations in all degrees of literature, from most elevated tragedies to humblest ballads, and so, in a sense, had taken on a life of its own. Readers approached it with certain attitudes and expectations derived f…
Politics and Translation
In 1698 the London publisher Matthew Gillyflower issued collaborative translation of Tacitus's Annals and Histories, the first English Tacitus in century.' The book reached second and final edition in 1716; thereafter it was remembered only to be dismissed as hurried rendering of Amelot de la Houssaye's Tacite avec des Notes Politiques et Historiques.? Of course, many translations of the Roman historians appeared in the later seventeenth century …
Dryden's Final Poetic Mode
Dryden in revolutionary England
The Problem of Dryden's Fables
THE MEANDERING TITLE of John Dryden's Fables Ancient and Modem Translated into Versefrom Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer with Original Poems reflects the difficulty of formulating even the simplest general statement about the nature of the work. It is not a collection of translations, for it contains original poems; it is not a collection of stories, for much of it is not narrative. Even its fables vary widely in genre and tone -The Cock and th…
Dryden in Revolutionary England
Representations of the Interregnum and Restoration in English Drama of the early 1660s
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