The Aeneid (Fitzgerald translation)
Virgil's great epic transforms the Homeric tradition into a triumphal statement of the Roman civilizing mission.
Virgil's great epic transforms the Homeric tradition into a triumphal statement of the Roman civilizing mission.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780679729525
Publish date: 28-06-1990
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Epic,
Read For School,
Classic Literature,
Roman,
Ancient,
Mythology,
Fiction
I wish I had read a different translation of this poem. Fitzgerald's version, though it had good rhythm throughout, was kind of lifeless in its diction and syntax. I don't believe in making old things artificially feel old in translation, and I think Fitzgerald is very guilt of that. Overall, it was...
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