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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... century from the seventeenth as well as the key elements of eighteenth- century anti - Augustanism . On the surface the passage upholds the seventeenth - century view of the Aeneid as an instruction manual for so- cieties seeking a ...
... century from the seventeenth as well as the key elements of eighteenth- century anti - Augustanism . On the surface the passage upholds the seventeenth - century view of the Aeneid as an instruction manual for so- cieties seeking a ...
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... century movement to which Weinbrot draws attention . " Ad- dison's disgust with Achilles , " he argues , “ reflects a major cultural shift away from Homeric and towards more pacific ideals . The eighteenth century was ravaged by ...
... century movement to which Weinbrot draws attention . " Ad- dison's disgust with Achilles , " he argues , “ reflects a major cultural shift away from Homeric and towards more pacific ideals . The eighteenth century was ravaged by ...
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... century while clinging tenaciously to those seventeenth - century royalist convic- tions that the eighteenth century rejected . This is most obvious when he declares , " As for Augustus , or his Uncle Julius , claiming by descent from ...
... century while clinging tenaciously to those seventeenth - century royalist convic- tions that the eighteenth century rejected . This is most obvious when he declares , " As for Augustus , or his Uncle Julius , claiming by descent from ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
On Equal Terms with Ancient Wit Engaging | 27 |
Studying Natures Laws | 55 |
Copyright | |
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