Title: Fables Anc. and Mod. Transl. Into Verse from Homer, Ovid .: With Original Poems
Publisher: HardPress Ltd
Publication Date: 2021
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0371839769
ISBN 13: 9780371839768
Binding: Paperback / softback
Condition: New
Weight: 817 grams

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Fables Anc. And Mod. Transl. Into Verse From Homer, Ovid.: With Original Poems by John Dryden. This collection assembles Dryden’s English verse translations of fables and tales drawn from antiquity, chiefly from Homer and Ovid, with selections from Chaucer and Boccace, alongside Dryden’s own original poems. The volume also includes Dryden’s prefatory discourse on translation, comparing Homer and Virgil, Chaucer and Boccace, and outlining his approach to rendering ancient myths into verse. It offers notable renderings such as Palamon and Arcite, The Knight’s Tale, Meleager and Atalanta, Baucis and Philemon, Pygmalion and the Statue, Cinyras and Myrrha, The Flower and the Leaf, and others, interwoven with original verse. The accompanying preface argues for the moral and artistic aims of translation, and situates Dryden’s project within the broader culture of Restoration poetics and the dialogue between ancient authorities and modern language. It is a landmark work in translation theory and in English epic and fable verse.

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