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Hunting and the Seventeenth-Century English Gentleman
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This chapter discusses Christopher Wase’s edition of Grattius with the first ever English translation (1654). It traces the turbulent life of Wase and shows how his personal, academic, and professional circumstances converged to make Grattius an ideal subject of study and dissemination: it provides an apolitical scholarly project to secure a return to academic life; its difficulty to read and translate into rhymed verse showcases Wase’s literary talent; the theme of hunting is aimed at pleasing Wase’s noble employer, whose family had a long tradition of hunting and breeding dogs; and it does no harm that the poem is relatively positive towards Britain, whose dogs receive praise.
Title: Hunting and the Seventeenth-Century English Gentleman
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This chapter discusses Christopher Wase’s edition of Grattius with the first ever English translation (1654).
It traces the turbulent life of Wase and shows how his personal, academic, and professional circumstances converged to make Grattius an ideal subject of study and dissemination: it provides an apolitical scholarly project to secure a return to academic life; its difficulty to read and translate into rhymed verse showcases Wase’s literary talent; the theme of hunting is aimed at pleasing Wase’s noble employer, whose family had a long tradition of hunting and breeding dogs; and it does no harm that the poem is relatively positive towards Britain, whose dogs receive praise.
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