Virgil Made English
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Virgil Made English

The Decline of Classical Authority

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Virgil Made English

The Decline of Classical Authority

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This study traces the steady decline of classical authorityin English literature from the mid-seventeenth century and the role of translation in shifting the emphasis away the classical learning. The author focuses on Virgil, once the most revered of poets but also explores the fate of some of his fellow Ancients.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2008
ISBN
9780230617155
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Modern Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Virgil Made EnglishThe Decline of ClassicalAuthority
  3. CONTENTS
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. CHAPTER 1 VIRGIL IN THE 1650S AND 1660S:DISMANTLING AUGUSTANISM
  7. CHAPTER 2 VIRGIL IN THE 1670s AND 1680s:THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
  8. CHAPTER 3 VIRGIL, 1688–1700:A WATERSHED OFENGLISH LITERATURE
  9. CHAPTER 4 VIRGIL, 1700–1760:REDEFINING NEOCLASSICISM
  10. CHAPTER 5 THE LEGACY: TRADITIONMETAMORPHOSED
  11. NOTES
  12. WORKS CONSULTED