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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... toils of poetic forefathers , his translations of Vergil's Georgics were , from the start , no less English Georgics than ( say ) Spenser's Vergilian toils . As the following discussion of Georgics III will demonstrate , however , when ...
... toils of poetic forefathers , his translations of Vergil's Georgics were , from the start , no less English Georgics than ( say ) Spenser's Vergilian toils . As the following discussion of Georgics III will demonstrate , however , when ...
Page 74
... toil is interpolated , and earlier in Georgics I he had linked " the Poet's and the Ploughman's Cares " ( 61 ) . While he was not to use the image of the " lab'ring Steer " again until Fables ( where it seems to represent life's toils ) ...
... toil is interpolated , and earlier in Georgics I he had linked " the Poet's and the Ploughman's Cares " ( 61 ) . While he was not to use the image of the " lab'ring Steer " again until Fables ( where it seems to represent life's toils ) ...
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... toils are con- ducted according to seasonal restrictions and knowledge of the land ( " He knew , " for example ... toil , while the triumphant " Crown'd , " which completes the majestic triplet , emphasizes the dignity of the work and ...
... toils are con- ducted according to seasonal restrictions and knowledge of the land ( " He knew , " for example ... toil , while the triumphant " Crown'd , " which completes the majestic triplet , emphasizes the dignity of the work and ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
On Equal Terms with Ancient Wit Engaging | 27 |
Studying Natures Laws | 55 |
Copyright | |
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