A New Latin Poem by Joseph Addison

Paul Davis
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Abstract Known almost exclusively now as the author of The Spectator and Cato, Joseph Addison was also highly regarded throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as a Latin poet. This article presents a new addition to the canon of Addison’s Latin verse: a 57-line hexameter poem entitled Arcus Triumphalis which survives in a unique manuscript copy recently acquired by Addison’s alma mater Magdalen College, Oxford. The article begins by describing the manuscript (scans of the leaves containing Addison’s poem are included), detailing its likely genesis and confirming its attribution of the poem to Addison. Then it reconstructs the contexts of the poem, which describes a firework display put on in St James’s Square on the evening of 2 December 1697 to celebrate William III’s triumphal return to London after concluding the Peace of Ryswick. A third section provides a critical reading of the poem, concentrating on its surprising presentation of William III and its bold use of ekphrasis. The article concludes by assessing the place of Arcus Triumphalis in Addison’s career, in relation to the early development of his Whiggism and as a forerunner of several of his definitive concerns in The Spectator: privacy and the public sphere, urban spectacle, and the aesthetics of looking. An edited text of the poem and an English translation are provided in an appendix.
约瑟夫·艾迪生《新拉丁诗》
约瑟夫·艾迪生现在几乎只以《旁观者》和《加图》的作者而为人所知,在整个18和19世纪,他也是一位备受推崇的拉丁诗人。这篇文章提出了一个新的添加到艾迪生的拉丁诗歌的佳能:一个57行的六步诗题为胜利之门,它幸存在一个独特的手稿副本最近由艾迪生的母校牛津大学莫德林学院获得。这篇文章首先描述了手稿(包含艾迪生诗歌的叶子扫描图),详细描述了它可能的起源,并确认了这首诗是艾迪生写的。然后,它重建了这首诗的上下文,这首诗描述了1697年12月2日晚上在圣詹姆斯广场举行的烟花表演,以庆祝威廉三世在缔结里斯维克和平后凯旋返回伦敦。第三部分提供了对这首诗的批判性阅读,集中在它对威廉三世的惊人表现和它对短语的大胆使用上。文章最后评估了阿库斯凯旋在艾迪生职业生涯中的地位,与他的辉格主义的早期发展有关,并作为他在《旁观者》中几个决定性关注点的先驱:隐私和公共领域,城市景观,以及外观美学。这首诗的编辑文本和英文翻译在附录中提供。
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