{"product_id":"9781350588226","title":"William Dillingham's Aegyptus Triumphata Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Neo-Latin Series: Early Modern Texts and Anthologies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWilliam Dillingham's Aegyptus Triumphata\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEdited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEstelle Haan | Gesine Manuwald | Stephen Harrison | William M. Barton | Bobby Xinyue\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Ancient \/ Rome\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Dillingham's \u003ci\u003eAegyptus Triumphata\u003c\/i\u003e (1680) takes as its subject the plagues of Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea, and Moses' consequential hymn of thanksgiving to God (Exodus 7–15). \u003c\/b\u003eThis, the first edition of the poem, introduces it to the scholarly community. Balancing accessibility with critical and theoretical rigour, it presents the Latin text and a facing English translation, complemented by an Introduction and Commentary that situate the work in relation to: biblical verse-paraphrase; the biblical epic tradition from the late antique to the early modern periods; Dillingham's Neo-Latin and vernacular corpus; his role as an anthologist and promoter of Neo-Latin verse; and his appropriation of biblical, classical, and Neo-Latin literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This accomplished, yet hitherto neglected, poem assumes an interesting place alongside late antique and early modern Latin epics inspired by the Old Testament in general and by Exodus in particular. Central to the genre is an intertextual engagement with Virgil's Aeneid. Dillingham's brief epic Romanizes and creatively embellishes its biblical source through authorial commentary, a recourse to epic simile, and, most notably, an experimental engagement with Virgil's poetic corpus and the biblical text's quasi-Virgilian afterlives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEstelle Haan \u003c\/b\u003eis Emerita Professor of English and Neo-Latin Studies in the School of Arts, English and Languages at The Queen's University of Belfast,  UK. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eMilton's Latin Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), \u003ci\u003eMilton's Latin Letters \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) and \u003ci\u003eThe Latin Poetry of Thomas Gray \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury Academic, 2024).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350588226\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378296520844,"sku":"9781350588226","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_6378ac4c-a7c4-4ae7-a68d-e9faff8aa2aa.jpg?v=1783908415","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350588226","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}