Book Description

Poet, dramatist, and translator, George Chapman (1559-1643) was a contemporary of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Jonson as well as a collaborator of Inigo Jones. Chapman is best known for his translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and for the tragedy Bussy D'Ambois. This annotated guide to Chapman scholarship examines individual works in the major genres in which Chapman was active and covers: poems; translations; comedies; tragedies/histories; and includes a section on general studies covering biographies, documents and letters, and other reference works. This volume should be a useful resource for students of Renaissance and Jacobean literature and drama.