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Born in 1559 / Died in May 12, 1634 / United Kingdom / English

Bibliography

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Books

  • Ekìa vuktòs The Shadow of Night: Containing Two Poeticall Hymnes (London: Printed by R. F. for William Ponsonby, 1594).
  • Ouids Banquet of Sence (London: Printed by I. R. for Richard Smith, 1595).
  • Hero and Leander, parts 1 and 2 by Christopher Marlowe, parts 3-6 by Chapman (London: Printed by Felix Kingston for Paule Linley, 1598).
  • The Blinde Begger of Alexandria (London: Printed by J. Roberts for William Jones, 1598).
  • A Pleasant Comedy Entituled: An Humerous dayes Myrth (London: Printed by G. C. for Valentine Syms, 1599).
  • Al Fooles (London: Printed by G. Eld for Thomas Thorpe, 1605).
  • Eastward Hoe, by Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston (London: Printed by G. Eld for William Aspley, 1605).
  • Sir Gyles Goosecappe Knight (London: Printed by John Windet for Edward Blunt, 1606).
  • The Gentleman Usher (London: Printed by Valentine Simmes for Thomas Thorppe, 1606).
  • Monsievr D'Olive (London: Printed by Thomas Creede for William Holmes, 1606).
  • Bussy D'Ambois (London: Printed by Eliot's Court Press for William Aspley, 1607).
  • The Conspiracie, and Tragedie of Charles Duke of Byron (London: Printed by George Eld for Thomas Thorppe, sold by L. Lisle, 1608).
  • Evthymiæ Raptvs; or the Teares of Peace (London: Printed by H. Lownes for Richard Bonian & H. Walley, 1609).
  • May-day (London: Printed by William Stansby for John Browne, 1611).
  • An Epicede or Funerall Song: On the most disastrous Death, of the Highborne Prince of Men, Henry Prince of Wales, & c. With The Funeralls, and Representation of the Herse (London: Printed by T. S. for John Budge, 1612).
  • The Widdowes Teares (London: Printed by William Stansby for John Browne, 1612).
  • The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois (London: Printed by T. Snodham, sold by John Helme, 1613).
  • The Memorable Maske of the Honorable Houses or Inns of Court; the Middle Temple, and Lyncolns Inne (London: Printed by George Eld for George Norton, 1613).
  • Evgenia: Or Trve Nobilities Trance; For the Most Memorable Death, of the Thrice Noble and Religious; William Lord Rvssel (London, 1614).
  • Andromeda Liberata. Or The Nvptials of Persevs and Andromeda (London: Printed by Eliot's Court Press for Laurence L'Isle, 1614).
  • A Free and Offenceles Iustification, of a Lately Pvblisht and Most Maliciously Misinterpreted Poeme: Entitvled Andromeda Liberata (London: Printed by Eliot's Court Press for Laurence L'Isle, 1614).
  • Pro Vere, Avtvmni Lachrymae. Inscribed to the Immortal Memorie of the most Pious and Incomparable Souldier, Sir Horatio Vere, Knight (London: Printed by B. Alsop for Th. Walkley, 1622).
  • A Iustification of a Strange Action of Nero (London: Printed by Thomas Harper, 1629).
  • Caesar and Pompey (London: Printed by Thomas Harper, sold by G. Emondson & T. Alchorne, 1631).
  • The Tragedy of Chabot Admirall of France, by Chapman and James Shirley (London: Printed by Thomas Cotes for Andrew Crooke & William Cooke, 1639).

Editions

  • The Comedies and Tragedies of George Chapman, 3 volumes, edited by Richard Shepherd (London: John Pearson, 1873).
  • The Works of George Chapman, 3 volumes, edited by Shepherd and Algernon Charles Swinburne (London: Chatto & Windus, 1874-1875).
  • The Plays and Poems of George Chapman, 2 volumes, edited by Thomas Marc Parrott (London: Routledge / New York: Dutton, 1910, 1914).
  • The Poems of George Chapman, edited by Phyllis Brooks Bartlett (New York: Modern Language Association of America / London: Oxford University Press, 1941).
  • Chapman's Homer: The Iliad, The Odyssey, and the Lesser Homerica, 2 volumes, edited by Allardyce Nicoll (New York: Pantheon, 1956).
  • The Divine Poem of Musæus, translated by Chapman, and Hero and Leander, completed by Chapman, in Elizabethan Minor Epics, edited by Elizabeth Story Donno (New York: Columbia University Press, 1963), pp. 70-126.
  • The Plays of George Chapman, volume 1, edited by Allan Holaday and Michael Kiernan (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1970); volume 2, edited by Holaday, G. Blakemore Evans, and Thomas Berger (Woodbridge, U.K. & Wolfeboro, N.H.: D. S. Brewer, 1987).
  • George Chapman's Minor Translations, edited by Richard Corballis (Salzburg: Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, 1984).

Play Productions

  • See DLB 62.

Other

  • "De Guiana, Carmen Epicum," in A Relation of the second Voyage to Guiana, by Lawrence Keymis (London: Printed by T. Dawson, 1596).
  • Robert Allott, Englands Parnassus, includes eighty quotations from Chapman's poems (London: Printed by N. Ling, C. Burby & T. Hayes, 1600).
  • "Peristeros: or the Male Turtle," in Loves Martyr: or, Rosalins Complaint, by Robert Chester (London: Printed by R. Field for E. Blount, 1601).
  • "In Sejanum Ben. Jonsoni Et Musis, et sibi," in Seianus His Fall, by Ben Jonson (London: Printed by G. Elld for T. Thorpe, 1605).
  • "To his deare Friend, Benjamin Jonson his Volpone," in Ben: Ionson his Volpone Or the Foxe (London: Printed by G. Eld for Thomas Thorppe, 1607).
  • "To his loving friend M. Jo. Fletcher concerning his Pastorall, being both a Poem and a play," in The Faithfull Shepheardesse, by John Fletcher (London: Printed by E. Allde for R. Bonian & H. Walley, 1609?).
  • "Mr. Geo: Chapman In worthye love of this new work, and the most Autenticall Aucthors," in Parthenia or the Maydenhead of the first musicke that euer was printed for the Virginalls, by William Byrd, John Bull, and Orlando Gibbons (London: Printed for M.ris Dor: Evans, to be sould by G. Lowe, 1611?).
  • "To His Loved Sonne, Nat. Field, and His wether-cocke woman," in A Woman is a Weather-cocke, by Nathan Field (London: Printed by W. Jaggard for J. Budge, 1612).
  • "To his Ingenuous, and much lov'd Friend, the Author," in The Ghost of Richard the Third, by Christopher Brooke (London: Printed by G. Eld for L. Lisle, 1614).
  • "To his long-lov'd and worthy friend, Mr. Edward Grimeston ...," in A Table of Humane Passions, by Nicolas Coeffeteau, translated by Edward Grimeston (London: Printed by N. Okes, 1621).
  • "To the Volume," in The True History of the Tragicke Loves of Hipolito and Isabella, Neapolitans (London: Printed by Tho: Harper & Nath. Feild, 1628).

Translations

  • Seaven Bookes of the Iliades of Homere, Prince of Poets, translated by Chapman from books 1, 2, 7-11 of Homer's Iliad (London: Printed by Iohn Windet, 1598).
  • Achilles Shield, translated by Chapman from book 18 of Homer's Iliad (London: Printed by Iohn Windet, 1598).
  • Homer Prince of Poets, translated by Chapman from books 1-12 of Homer's Iliad (London: Printed by H. Lownes for Samuel Macham, 1609).
  • The Iliads of Homer, translated by Chapman from all twenty-four books of Homer's Iliad (London: Printed by Richard Field for Nathaniell Butter, 1611).
  • Petrarchs Seven Penitentiall Psalms, Paraphrastically Translated: With Other Philosophicall Poems (London: Printed by R. Field for Matthew Selman, 1612).
  • The Whole Works of Homer Prince of Poetts, translated by Chapman (London: Printed by R. Field & W. Jaggard for Nathaniell Butter, 1616?).
  • The Divine Poem of Musaeus, translated by Chapman (London: Printed by R. Field & W. Jaggard, 1616).
  • The Georgicks of Hesiod, translated by Chapman (London: Printed by H. Lownes for Miles Partrich, 1618).
  • The Crowne of all Homers Workes Batrachomyomachia Or the Battaile of Frogs and Mise. His Hymn's--and--Epigrams, translated by Chapman (London: Printed by Eliot's Court Press for John Bill, 1624?).