Early Augustan VirgilEarly Augustan Virgil prints for the first time in its entirety the substantial version of Virgil comprising most of Aeneid II-VI by the young royalist poet Sir John Denham in the 1630s. Denham's later published versions, The Destruction of Troy of 1656 and The Passion of Dido for Aeneas printed in his Poems and Translations of 1668, are also included for comparative purposes, alongside the couplet version of Aeneid IV by Sidney Godolphin and Edmund Waller published in 1659 with the title later used by Denham, The Passion of Dido for Aeneas. Critical introductions establish the interrelation of these versions and the pioneering status of the poets as practitioners of the Augustan style later perfected by Dryden and Pope. -- |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The 1636 Version | 23 |
The Destruction of Troy | 118 |
The Passion of Dido for Aeneas | 145 |
The Passion of Dido for Aeneas | 167 |
Appendix of Earlier Translators | 212 |
Notes | 223 |
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Early Augustan Virgil: Translations by Denham, Godolphin, and Waller Robin Edward Sowerby No preview available - 2010 |
Common terms and phrases
Aeneas aged altars appears approach arms bear beginning behold better blood breast cast command couplet cries death Denham desire Dido Dido’s doth earth edition English expressed eyes face fair faith fall fatal fate father fear fire first flame fleet fly foes force friends fury gate ghost give Godolphin gods Greeks grief hand hath head hear heart hopes Italy John Jove Juno land Latin leave light manuscript marriage mind never night omitted once opening original pass passion poem prepared present printed pursue queen race rage remains rest revision rocks sacred sail says seas seek seems sense ships shore soul speak speech stand sword tears tell thee thou thoughts tower translation Trojan troops Troy Troy’s Virgil Waller walls wind wound