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Hace 3 días · William Caxton produced the first translation of the text on 22 April 1480; set in prose, it is a literal rendering of a French translation known as the Ovide Moralisé. In 1567, Arthur Golding published a translation of the poem that would become highly influential, the version read by Shakespeare and Spenser.
Hace 4 días · Willem's work became one of the standard versions of the legend, and was the foundation for most later adaptations in Dutch, German, and English, including those of William Caxton, Goethe, and F. S. Ellis.
20 de jul. de 2024 · The Library holds the only complete Caxton volume in Australia and fragments from eight other titles. The lecture explores what is known of Caxton, the significance and provenance of the Library’s Caxton items, and something of the printers that followed Caxton’s lead.
15 de jul. de 2024 · William Caxton was England’s first printer, and therefore of great importance in the history of typography. A successful merchant and diplomat, Caxton began his work as a printer in Bruges in 1473, after being somewhat involved with a printing operation in Cologne in 1471-72.
29 de jul. de 2024 · Apparently written in prison at the end of the medieval English era, Le Morte d'Arthur was completed by Malory around 1470 and was first published in a printed edition in 1485 by William Caxton. Until the discovery of the Winchester Manuscript in 1934, the 1485 edition was considered the earliest known text of Le Morte d'Arthur and that closest to Malory's original version. [2]
27 de jul. de 2024 · When William Caxton started printing at Westminster in the late summer of 1476, he was painfully aware of the uncertain state of the English language. In his prologues and epilogues to his translations, he made some revealing observations on the problems that he had encountered as translator and editor.
20 de jul. de 2024 · The lecture explores what is known of Caxton, the significance and provenance of the Library’s Caxton items, and something of the printers that followed Caxton’s lead. The lecture will be illustrated with examples from the Library.
