|
Thomas Edwards (fl. 1587-1595) was an English poet who published two Ovidian epic poems ''Cephalus and Procris'' and ''Narcissus''.〔Charlotte Carmichael Stopes; ''Thomas Edwards, Author of "Cephalus and Procris, Narcissus";'' The Modern Language Review, Vol. 16, No. 3/4 (Jul. - Oct., 1921), pp. 209-223〕 Beyond his name, nothing is known with certainty of Edwards. He has been provisionally identified with a Shropshire law student of that name who transferred from Furnival's Inn to Lincoln's Inn in June 1587, where he shared a room with a known friend of John Donne. Edwards possibly contributed the Latin verse to Adriaan van Roomen's ''Parvum theatrum urbium'' which was published in 1595.〔Matthew Steggle, ‘Edwards, Thomas (fl. 1587–1595)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004〕 ==''Cephalus and Procris'' and ''Narcissus''== Edward's two known poems concern characters who all feature in Ovid's poem Metamorphoses. Cephalus and Procris are a romantic couple. Narcissus famously fell in love with his own reflection. Edward's poems were published as a single volume in 1595; ''Cephalus and Procris'' is in couplet form, ''Narcissus'' in a seven-line stanza.〔 In the first poem Edwards appears to be imitating Marlowe, and in the latter Shakespeare.〔Tucker Brooke et al.; ''The Renaissance: (1500-1660)'';Routledge, 1967; p406〕 The author concluded each work with a long postscript; in ''Narcissus'' this includes, using aliases, references to other poets including: Amintas (Thomas Watson); Collyn (Edmund Spenser); Leander (Christopher Marlowe); Rosamond (Samuel Daniel) and Adon (Shakespeare).〔Katherine Duncan Jones, ' Shakespeare, The Motley Player,’ in ''The Review of English Studies'', NS, Vol.60 No 247, Oxford Uni Press 2009 pp.723-742, pp.724-6〕 A mysterious poet "in purple robes" praised at the end of the list has not been convincingly identified.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Edwards (poet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|