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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Page 56
... final line , he yokes the " Poet's and the Ploughman's Cares , " which he will ask " propitious Casar " to guide at line 61. The nature of the work under- taken and its consistency with his life - long toils are suggested by the echoes ...
... final line , he yokes the " Poet's and the Ploughman's Cares , " which he will ask " propitious Casar " to guide at line 61. The nature of the work under- taken and its consistency with his life - long toils are suggested by the echoes ...
Page 128
... final couplet of book 1 , in other words , illustrates the nature of Dryden's Aeneis . The translation's concern is not with the fulfilment of imperial destiny , but with the re- telling of the eternal story of human woe and history's ...
... final couplet of book 1 , in other words , illustrates the nature of Dryden's Aeneis . The translation's concern is not with the fulfilment of imperial destiny , but with the re- telling of the eternal story of human woe and history's ...
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... final section of the poem . As is to be expected by this point in the Aeneis , Vergil's glorification of history in his parade of heroes is completely undercut by Dryden , who , instead , again reviews English history with a mixture of ...
... final section of the poem . As is to be expected by this point in the Aeneis , Vergil's glorification of history in his parade of heroes is completely undercut by Dryden , who , instead , again reviews English history with a mixture of ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
On Equal Terms with Ancient Wit Engaging | 27 |
Studying Natures Laws | 55 |
Copyright | |
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