William Dillingham's Aegyptus Triumphata
Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary
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2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-58822-6 (ISBN)
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This edition of William Dillingham’s Aegyptus Triumphata (1680) comprises the Latin text, a facing English translation, a comprehensive Introduction, and a rich Commentary.
William Dillingham’s Aegyptus Triumphata (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). This, 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.
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.
William Dillingham’s Aegyptus Triumphata (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). This, 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.
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.
Estelle Haan is 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 Milton’s Latin Poetry (2014), Milton’s Latin Letters (2019) and The Latin Poetry of Thomas Gray (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024).
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
1.1 William Dillingham: Neo-Latin Poet, Anthologist, and Preacher
1.2 From Moses to Virgil: Biblical Epics of Late Antiquity
1.3 Rewriting Exodus in the Early Modern Period
1.4 Aegyptus Triumphata
2. Aegyptus Triumphata
2.2 Latin Text and English Translation
3. Commentary
Bibliography
Index Nominum et Locorum
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series: Early Modern Texts and Anthologies |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-58822-9 / 1350588229 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-58822-6 / 9781350588226 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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