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The Adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses /translated by Tobias Smollett] ; introduction and notes by Leslie A. Chilton ; the text edited by O M Brack, Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Publication details: Athens Ga. : University of Georgia Press, (c)1997.Description: 1 online resource (xxxv, 383 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780820346434
  • 9781306463119
  • 9780191861772
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PQ1795 .A384 1997
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
-- Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses -- Notes to the Text -- Guide to Names -- Guide to Places -- Textual Commentary -- List of Emendations -- List of Emended Quotation Marks -- Word-Division.
Subject: The Adventures of Telemachus is the first critical edition of Tobias Smollett's 1776 translation of Bishop Fenelon's 1699 "mirror for princes," written especially for Duc de Burgogne, heir presumptive to Louis XIV.Summary: Both in its original French and its many translations, The Adventures of Telemachus was one of the most popular and revered works of the eighteenth century. During that time, more than ten English prose and poetry versions appeared, including this masterful prose translation by Smollett. Known for his novels Roderick Random and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Smollett was also a gifted translator. The Adventures of Telemachus was his final translation, and is one of the finest versions of the work. Long a disputed title in the Smollett canon, it is fully restored to his credit by Leslie A. Chilton.
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The Adventures of Telemachus is the first critical edition of Tobias Smollett's 1776 translation of Bishop Fenelon's 1699 "mirror for princes," written especially for Duc de Burgogne, heir presumptive to Louis XIV.

Both in its original French and its many translations, The Adventures of Telemachus was one of the most popular and revered works of the eighteenth century. During that time, more than ten English prose and poetry versions appeared, including this masterful prose translation by Smollett. Known for his novels Roderick Random and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Smollett was also a gifted translator. The Adventures of Telemachus was his final translation, and is one of the finest versions of the work. Long a disputed title in the Smollett canon, it is fully restored to his credit by Leslie A. Chilton.

-- Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses -- Notes to the Text -- Guide to Names -- Guide to Places -- Textual Commentary -- List of Emendations -- List of Emended Quotation Marks -- Word-Division.

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