The Augustan art of poetry : Augustan translation of the classics /

The first comparative study of its kind, The Augustan Art of Poetry uses translations to explore the artistic influence of the Roman poetry of the Augustan age upon English neoclassical poetry. The book foregrounds the artistry of central texts such as Dryden's translation of Virgil and Pope�...

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Main Author: Sowerby, Robin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Latin
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The first comparative study of its kind, The Augustan Art of Poetry uses translations to explore the artistic influence of the Roman poetry of the Augustan age upon English neoclassical poetry. The book foregrounds the artistry of central texts such as Dryden's translation of Virgil and Pope's Homer. Comparisons are also made with modern versions. - ;While previous studies have concentrated largely upon political concerns, The Augustan Art of Poetry is an exploration of the influence of the Roman Augustan aesthetic on English neo-classical poets of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. At.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 368 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-360) and index.
ISBN:9780191515958
0191515957
1280870087
9781280870088
9786610870080
661087008X