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 73
... once " peaceful Flood " also pervade Dryden's political poems . The particularly English character of this postlapsarian world is stressed not only by the self - referentiality of Dryden's timeless images , but by the introduction of ...
... once " peaceful Flood " also pervade Dryden's political poems . The particularly English character of this postlapsarian world is stressed not only by the self - referentiality of Dryden's timeless images , but by the introduction of ...
Page 74
... Once more , the lines are set in an obvious national and political context ; once more the poet's call for national toil and patience becomes advice on personal en- durance . Dryden again recalls Britannia Rediviva as he translates ...
... Once more , the lines are set in an obvious national and political context ; once more the poet's call for national toil and patience becomes advice on personal en- durance . Dryden again recalls Britannia Rediviva as he translates ...
Page 217
... once more from the debaucheries of history but again renders them insig- nificant . This is the scene that Dryden's Aeneas views as he comes to the " long extended Plains of Pleasure " and the " blissful Seats of Happy Souls " : Some ...
... once more from the debaucheries of history but again renders them insig- nificant . This is the scene that Dryden's Aeneas views as he comes to the " long extended Plains of Pleasure " and the " blissful Seats of Happy Souls " : Some ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
On Equal Terms with Ancient Wit Engaging | 27 |
Studying Natures Laws | 55 |
Copyright | |
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