Dryden's Aeneid: The English VirgilUniversity of Delaware Press, 1991 - 151 páginas This book demonstrates how Dryden made Virgil's Aeneid available in an English idiom that would reflect and appeal to English tastes and values over a long period of time. |
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... ever allow . Dry- den , however , was not interested in pro- ducing a " literal " rendering , and no one expected him to . What readers wanted ( Continued on back flap ) Dryden's Aeneid ] The English Virgil Taylor Corse DELAWARE Newark.
... ever allow . Dry- den , however , was not interested in pro- ducing a " literal " rendering , and no one expected him to . What readers wanted ( Continued on back flap ) Dryden's Aeneid ] The English Virgil Taylor Corse DELAWARE Newark.
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... readers ( Pope , Scott , Saintsbury , Tillyard , Brower — to mention only a few ) , Dryden has had , ever since Rev. Luke Milbourne in 1698 , a small but vocal army of detractors . " The usual complaint leveled against his work is its ...
... readers ( Pope , Scott , Saintsbury , Tillyard , Brower — to mention only a few ) , Dryden has had , ever since Rev. Luke Milbourne in 1698 , a small but vocal army of detractors . " The usual complaint leveled against his work is its ...
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... readers may hear , in the hearty alliteration of the final line ( " boast and bluster " ) , echoes from the description of the giant who captures the Redcrosse Knight : And greatest Earth his uncouth mother was , And blustering Aeolus ...
... readers may hear , in the hearty alliteration of the final line ( " boast and bluster " ) , echoes from the description of the giant who captures the Redcrosse Knight : And greatest Earth his uncouth mother was , And blustering Aeolus ...
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... reader to notice also comes into play . This couplet echoes , to a certain extent , the words of Pastorell on being rescued by Calidore ; there we find the same end rhyme ( " tempest tost " / " cost " ) and the same initial phrase ...
... reader to notice also comes into play . This couplet echoes , to a certain extent , the words of Pastorell on being rescued by Calidore ; there we find the same end rhyme ( " tempest tost " / " cost " ) and the same initial phrase ...
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... readers lose that sense of continuity , of ongoing action , found in the original ( especially in the final line , with its expressive perfects , sistit and desilit ) . Dryden disposes his words with much greater care , ranking them for ...
... readers lose that sense of continuity , of ongoing action , found in the original ( especially in the final line , with its expressive perfects , sistit and desilit ) . Dryden disposes his words with much greater care , ranking them for ...
Contenido
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AN AMBITIOUS ORNAMENT OUT OF SEASON | 38 |
FIRE AND PLAGUE | 62 |
NISUS AND EURYALUS | 86 |
A WARRIOUR DAME | 109 |
CONCLUSION | 131 |
NOTES | 134 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 144 |
INDEX | 149 |
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Página 32 - Quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad terram gurgite ab alto 310 Quam multae glomerantur aves, ubi frigidus annus Trans pontum fugat et terris immittit apricis.
Página 41 - The golden burthen, and their friends relieve; All with united force, combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive: With envy stung, they view each other's deeds; The fragrant work with diligence proceeds. "Thrice happy you, whose walls already rise...
Página 111 - Where'er she passes, fix their wond'ring eyes: Longing they look, and, gaping at the sight, Devour her o'er and o'er with vast delight; Her purple habit sits with such a grace On her smooth shoulders, and so suits her face; Her head with ringlets of her hair is crown'd, And in a golden caul the curls are bound. She shakes her myrtle jav'lin; and, behind, Her Lycian quiver dances in the wind.
Página 72 - To level this the bold Italians join ; The wary Trojans obviate their design ; With weighty stones o'erwhelm their troops below, Shoot through the loopholes, and sharp jav'lins throw.
Página 31 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Página 58 - Latino. talia per Latium. quae Laomedontius heros cuncta videns magno curarum fluctuat aestu, atque animum nunc hue celerem, nunc dividit illuc, in partesque rapit varias, perque omnia versat...
Página 40 - Which, first design'd, with ditches they surround. Some laws ordain ; and some attend the choice Of holy senates, and elect by voice. Here some design a mole, while others there Lay deep foundations for a theatre, From marble quarries mighty columns hew, — i For ornaments of scenes, and future view.
Página 95 - Ascanius, manly far beyond his years, And messages committed to their care, Which all in winds were lost, and flitting air. The trenches first they...
Página 58 - Turnus and the allies thus urge the war, The Trojan, floating in a flood of care, Beholds the tempest which his foes prepare. This way, and that, he turns his anxious mind ; Thinks and rejects the counsels he design'd ; Explores himself in vain, in every part, And gives no rest to his distracted heart.
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