Song of the Bison

Text and Translation of Nicolaus Hussovianus’s "Carmen de statura, feritate, ac venatione bisontis"
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-64189-336-7
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Latin, 102 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Foundations

Song of the Bison is the first complete English translation of Nicolaus Hussovianus’s Latin poem, which is claimed as a national epic by Lithuania, Belarus, and Poland. The exciting poem discusses not only Hussovianus’s own experience in hunting and observing the European bison, but also the political, social, religious, and aesthetic developments of sixteenth-century Europe, and ends with an urgent plea for unity among European states threatened by foreign invasions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Booth, Frederick J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Mittel- & Neulateinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author’s note and acknowledgements
Introduction
Translated Text: Song of the Bison: About the size, ferocity, and the hunting of the bison 
Latin Original: Carmen de statura, feritate ac venatione bisontis
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Booth, Frederick J.
Frederick J. Booth, PhD, is associate professor of classical studies at Seton Hall University.