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A scholarly edition of poetical works by Christopher Smart. The
edition presents an authoritative text, together with an
introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
This collection fills a gap in the provision of sourcebooks for the
history and sociology of slavery. It highlights variations in
representations of West Indian slavery by drawing on a wide range
of testimonies, especially those of the enslaved themselves. It
thus differs in important respects from recent collections such as
Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation; Amazing Grace: An Anthology of
Poems about Slavery, 1660-1810; and The Poetry of Slavery: An
Anglo-American Anthology 1764-1865. First, the focus is on
representations based principally on first-hand experience or
observation of slavery in the then British West Indies, thus
enabling valid comparisons to be made. Second, in order to recover
the "voices" of the enslaved, it draws on sources untapped in most
collections, such as transcriptions of slave songs, funeral
orations, conversations and legal reports, as well as better-known
slave narratives. The work is divided into five sections: Texts,
1657-1807; From Abolition to Emancipation, 1808-1834; Resistance
and Rebellion; On the Haitian Revolution; and Songs of the Enslaved
and Impersonations. The collection includes extracts from Richard
Ligon, Hans Sloane, Joseph Addison, Edward Long, Loaudah Equiano,
Matthew Gregory Lewis, Thomas Atwood, and representative poetry and
slave songs.
This is the first critical edition of Christopher Smart's translation of Phaedrus' fables, and the first literary commentary on these fables in English. Many of the best-known Aesopian fables are in fact the work of the Roman poet Phaedrus. The fables are familiar yet fresh, and often have a startlingly contemporary flavour. Smart's versions successfully catch the spirit and humour of the Latin originals. The volume completes the distinguished edition of The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart.
The present volume, which contains miscellaneous English and Latin
verse, written throughout his career, shows Smart as he appeared to
his contemporaries: a brilliant but wayward scholar, who threw away
a life of distinction at Cambridge to engage in the raffish world
of the London theaters and pleasure gardens. By presenting the
poems in chronological order, it also reveals the pattern of his
evolution from both academic and popular roles into a poet
dedicated to Christian service. Over thirty pieces in this volume
have not appeared in any previous collection, and several are
reprinted for the first time since the 18th century. Translations
are provided for all Latin poems.
Published here for the first time since 1767, Christopher Smart's verse translation of Horace strengthens the impression made by all Smart's later verse of a poet of remarkable lyrical virtuosity and boldness of expression. Karina Williamson's informative introduction discusses Smart's principles and methods in the context of 18th-century attitudes to the translation of classical works. Full scholarly apparatus is provided, as is a detailed commentary which explains the more obscure passages.
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