Judith Man: Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series I, Part Three, Volume 2 (The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile Library of Essential Works & Printed Writings, 1500-1640: Series I, Part Three) - Hardcover

Zurcher, Amelia A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754604411 ISBN 13: 9780754604419

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

An Epitome of the History of Faire Argenis and Polyarchus is Judith Man's English translation of a 1623 French work by Nicolas Coeffeteau, Histoire de Poliarque et d'Argenis, which is itself an abridgement and translation of one of the most widely read fictional works of the seventeenth century, John Barclay's 1621 Latin romance Argenis. An extended political allegory of the rise to power of the French king Henri IV, Barclay's romance is peppered with numerous veiled anecdotes of politics at the English and other European courts and long disquisitions on statecraft and political ethics. It has been assumed that Barclay's work was strictly for a male audience, but Man's translation is evidence that women did in fact read Argenis, and might even suggest that allegorical romance offered women writers and readers an inroad into political discourse.

About this title

About the Author:

Selected and Introduced by Amelia A. Zurcher

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0754604411
• ISBN 13: 9780754604419
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176