Virgil's Aeneid (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Keener, Frederick; Dryden, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140446273 ISBN 13: 9780140446272

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1997

Synopsis

For his version of the Aeneid, Dryden formed a style vigorous yet refined and drew on the deep understanding of political unrest he had acquired during the Civil Wars of 1642-51 and the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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Review:

"Fitzgerald's is so decisively the best modern Aeneid that it is unthinkable that anyone will want to use any other version for a long time to come."--"New York Review of Books"
"From the beginning to the end of this English poem...the reader will find the same sure control of English rhythms, the same deft phrasing, and an energy which urges the eye onward."--"The New Republic"
"A rendering that is both marvelously readable and scrupulously faithful.... Fitzgerald has managed, by a sensitive use of faintly archaic vocabulary and a keen ear for sound and rhythm, to suggest the solemnity and the movement of Virgil's poetry as no previous translator has done (including Dryden).... This is a sustained achievement of beauty and power."--"Boston Globe"

"Fitzgerald's is so decisively the best modern Aeneid that it is unthinkable that anyone will want to use any other version for a long time to come."--New York Review of Books

"From the beginning to the end of this English poem...the reader will find the same sure control of English rhythms, the same deft phrasing, and an energy which urges the eye onward."--The New Republic

"A rendering that is both marvelously readable and scrupulously faithful.... Fitzgerald has managed, by a sensitive use of faintly archaic vocabulary and a keen ear for sound and rhythm, to suggest the solemnity and the movement of Virgil's poetry as no previous translator has done (including Dryden).... This is a sustained achievement of beauty and power."--Boston Globe

Synopsis:

In Aeneas, Virgil created the powerful Trojan prince who overcomes war, suffering and countless setbacks to lay the foundations of the Roman race. For his version, Dryden drew on his understanding of the political unrest of the Civil Wars of 1642-51, and the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140446273
• ISBN 13: 9780140446272
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480