William Dillingham's Aegyptus Triumphata by Estelle Haan - 9781350588226

William Dillingham's Aegyptus TriumphataEdited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary\nAuthor(s): Estelle Haan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350588226, 978-1350588226\nSynopsis\nWilliam Dillinghams Aegyptus Triumphata [tel] takes as its subject the plagues of Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea, and Moses consequential hymn of thanksgiving to God (Exodus 715). This, the first edition of the poem, introduces it to the scholarly community. Balancing accessibility with critical and theoretical rigour, it presents the Latin text and a facing English translation, complemented by an Introduction and Commentary that situate the work in relation to: biblical verse-paraphrase; the biblical epic tradition from the late antique to the early modern periods; Dillinghams Neo-Latin and vernacular corpus; his role as an anthologist and promoter of Neo-Latin verse; and his appropriation of biblical, classical,.