De Carmine Pastorali

Name: De Carmine Pastorali
Author: René Rapin

by René Rapin

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Description

First published in Latin, with Rapin's eclogues, under the title: Eclogae, cum dissertatione de carmine pastorali. Parisiis, apud S. Cramoisy, 1659. The English translation by Thomas Creech, prefixed to his translation of the Idylliums of Theocritus, appeared in 1684.

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Full title

De Carmine Pastorali Prefixed to Thomas Creech's translation of the Idylliums of Theocritus (1684)

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Duration

~1 hours (100K characters)

Series

Augustan Reprint Society, publication number 08

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

Los Angeles: The Augustan Reprint Society, 1947

Release date

2004-12-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Pastoral poetry -- History and criticism Theocritus. Idylls

About the author

René Rapin

1621–1687

A Jesuit scholar and poet of 17th-century France, he was admired for bringing classical polish and sharp literary judgment to both Latin verse and prose. His writing ranges from garden poetry to influential criticism on epic and drama, giving a vivid glimpse of French literary life under Louis XIV.

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