Christiad

This elegant Latin-Englishen facetrans­lation ofThe Christiadis based on the second edition of 1550 and is the first new English translation since the eigh­teenth century. First published in 1535 at Cremona,The Christiadreceived immediate, international acclaim. Altogether, it went through some sixty printings or edi­tions in Latin and remains the only memorable epic poem of the Italian Renaissance that survives. In view of the importance of the poem for students of Renaissance and later epic poetry in general and Milton in particular, it is curious, according to Gertrude C. Drake and Clarence A. Forbes, that it has not been published with an English translation since the eighteenth cen­tury. Hence the major purpose of this edition is to provide students of hu­manism, vernacularbelles lettres,and the Bible with an easily accessible Latin text if scholars read the language with fair ease, and with an accurate English version if they do not. Professor Drake edited the Latin text. Bothauthors worked on the translation, with Professor Forbes, however, being ultimately responsible for the accuracy of the English version.Vida, Marco G. is the author of 'Christiad', published 1978 under ISBN 9780809308149 and ISBN 0809308142.