The Earliest Biographies of Don Bosco and Their English Translations

· Arthur J. Lenti, volume 01
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by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB

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Subjects:

  • Early Sketches
  •  Dr. Charles D’Espiney’s Don Bosco and its Enghlish Language Counterparts
  •  Biography in the Miracle-Oriented, Laudatory Tradition
  •  Criticism of Dr. D’Espiney’s Biography
  •  Dr. D’Espiney’s Dom Bosco for the English-speaking public
  •  Miss McMahon Translation of 1884
  •  Mrs. Barker’s 1885 Adaptation of D’Espiney Dom Bosco
  •  Fr. Bonetti’s Storia and its English-Language Derivative
  •  Fr. Bonetti’s Cinque Lustri and Its English Counterpart
  •  Don Bosco’s Early Apostolate
  •  Importance and Character of Fr. Bonetti’s Biography
  •  Mr Du Boy’s Don Bosco
  •  Don Bosco’s Revisions
  •  Mr. Du Boys’ Conscientious Use of Sources
  •  Mr. Villefranche’s Vie de Dom Bosco and Lady Martin’s English Translation
  •  Quality of the Original Work and of its Translation
  •  Don Bosco’s Ambivalent Attitude Toward His Own Biography
  •  Conclusion: General Evaluation of Early Biographical Writing on Don Bosco