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Florio, John
Florio, John (c.1553–1626), son of an Italian Protestant refugee, was reader in Italian to Anne of Denmark, wife of James I (1603), and groom of the privy chamber from 1604. His interesting collections of Italian–English dialogues, Firste and Second Frutes, were followed in 1598 by an Italian dictionary entitled A Worlde of Wordes; it was revised and augmented as Queen Anna's New World of Words (1611). His most important work was his translation from Montaigne: Essayes, Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses (1603, 1613). Not only did Florio make Montaigne's work available in English, but he displayed great resourcefulness and ingenuity in the process of translation.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Florio, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Florio, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-FlorioJohn.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Florio, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-FlorioJohn.html |
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