Time to Begin Anew: Dryden's Georgics and AeneisTime to Begin Anew places Dryden's translations of Virgil's Georgics and Aeneis firmly in the context of late seventeenth-century literary and political dilemmas and transitions. Arguing that these translations are important documents in a watershed period of English literature, this study demonstrates that they are not hackwork or party pieces. This book also demonstrates both the continuities with and departures from Dryden's own early works, particularly his Virgilian poems, showing both the wholeness of his literary career and its diversity. |
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... authority and national law , but by exhausting and seemingly pointless wars.25 The poet's solutions are equally those of a new age , however . In negotiating the collapse of ( historical ) monarchic geneal- ogy and - in his view - of ...
... authority and national law , but by exhausting and seemingly pointless wars.25 The poet's solutions are equally those of a new age , however . In negotiating the collapse of ( historical ) monarchic geneal- ogy and - in his view - of ...
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... authority as poet is essentially that of Fielding's and Swift's domineering narrators and commentaries and Defoe's independent narrators : history and the content of the text are at the mercy of the omnipotent author , rather than the ...
... authority as poet is essentially that of Fielding's and Swift's domineering narrators and commentaries and Defoe's independent narrators : history and the content of the text are at the mercy of the omnipotent author , rather than the ...
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... authority of the past , however ; as the Georgics had endeavored to do with poetry in general , it traces its roots to nature itself . This is emphasized when the dedication turns from the building metaphor to " touch ... on some few of ...
... authority of the past , however ; as the Georgics had endeavored to do with poetry in general , it traces its roots to nature itself . This is emphasized when the dedication turns from the building metaphor to " touch ... on some few of ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
On Equal Terms with Ancient Wit Engaging | 27 |
Studying Natures Laws | 55 |
Copyright | |
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