Following are TEI encoded, original spelling, semi-diplomatic mini-editions of Christopher Marlowe’s translation of Ovid’s first five elegies: Elegy 1, Elegy 2, Elegy 3, Elegy 4, Elegy 5. This is a work in progress begun by Caroline Hawkes (Framingham State University
Hardin, Richard F.
Hardin, Richard F. “Ovid in Seventeenth-Century England.” Comparative Literature, vol. 24, no. 1, 1972, pp. 44–62. JSTOR, doi: 10.2307/1769381.
Marlowe, Christopher (Kit)
Christopher Marlowe (Christened 1564 – Died 30 May 1593), known to friends by his nickname Kit, was an English playwright and poet who lived a short life ridden with scandal and brilliance. Marlowe was the eldest son of a local
Ovid’s Amores Elegies [sic.] trans. by Christopher Marlowe (c. 1599)
The Classic Literature Library offers what appears to be a semi-diplomatic translation of Christopher Marlowe’s translation of Ovid’s Elegies, also known as the Amores, published “At Middleborough” by “I.D. and C.M.” The Classic Literature Library editors claim the work was
Conclusion
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Introduction
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