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 62
... recalls " The First Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses " where Deucalion and Pyrrha look out on a " dismal Desart , and a silent waste " and receive a divine order to " Throw each behind your backs , your mighty Mother's bones " ( 472 , 517 ) ...
... recalls " The First Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses " where Deucalion and Pyrrha look out on a " dismal Desart , and a silent waste " and receive a divine order to " Throw each behind your backs , your mighty Mother's bones " ( 472 , 517 ) ...
Page 69
... recalls Britannia Rediviva as he introduces the figure of " Casar . " He calls upon You , who supply the Ground with Seeds of Grain ; And you , who swell those Seeds with kindly Rain : And chiefly thou , whose undetermin'd State Is yet ...
... recalls Britannia Rediviva as he introduces the figure of " Casar . " He calls upon You , who supply the Ground with Seeds of Grain ; And you , who swell those Seeds with kindly Rain : And chiefly thou , whose undetermin'd State Is yet ...
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... recalls Dryden's many laments over his pain during the 1690s ( 747-48 , 755 ) . The lines are distinctly Dryden's own for Vergil's epithets and verse stress the physical rather than the psy- chological struggle of the horse . The ...
... recalls Dryden's many laments over his pain during the 1690s ( 747-48 , 755 ) . The lines are distinctly Dryden's own for Vergil's epithets and verse stress the physical rather than the psy- chological struggle of the horse . The ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
On Equal Terms with Ancient Wit Engaging | 27 |
Studying Natures Laws | 55 |
Copyright | |
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