Marlowe’s translations from Ovid and Lucan have always been considered inferior productions, despite being the favourite means, in early modern England, to compete with the prestigious classical and continental models, and to address contemporary anxieties obliquely. In this article, I will focus on Marlowe’s translation of Book I of Lucan’s Bellum Civile – the first rendering in English of this significant Latin poem – and highlight how Marlowe’s decision to translate it had much to do with the main theme of the epos – civil war. By exploring some of his translational choices, I will shed light on the likely connections between this rather unacknowledged work and the widespread pamphlets on the contemporary French wars of religion, and thus underscore the writer’s (not-so-subtle) willingness to condemn all civil wars.

«“Oh, wrathful France”. Il Lucano di Marlowe e le Guerre di Religione»

Ragni C
2021-01-01

Abstract

Marlowe’s translations from Ovid and Lucan have always been considered inferior productions, despite being the favourite means, in early modern England, to compete with the prestigious classical and continental models, and to address contemporary anxieties obliquely. In this article, I will focus on Marlowe’s translation of Book I of Lucan’s Bellum Civile – the first rendering in English of this significant Latin poem – and highlight how Marlowe’s decision to translate it had much to do with the main theme of the epos – civil war. By exploring some of his translational choices, I will shed light on the likely connections between this rather unacknowledged work and the widespread pamphlets on the contemporary French wars of religion, and thus underscore the writer’s (not-so-subtle) willingness to condemn all civil wars.
2021
Christopher Marlowe
Lucano
Guerre di religione
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