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Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Virgil's Æneid: Translated Literally, Line by Line, Into English Dactylic Hexameter The second noteworthy attempt at a metrical version in E… More...

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Virgil's Æneid: Translated Literally, Line by Line, Into English Dactylic Hexameter The second noteworthy attempt at a metrical version in English of any part of the [eneid was in 1557, by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, who translated the 2d and 4th Books into blank verse, a meter invented by himself, but which has since taken such high rank in English versifiea tion. This was a work of much literary ability; but unfortunately his public duties prevented him from carrying it to completion. It is still by many highly prized for its closeness to the original, being a line by line translation, and for its vigorous and pure English diction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Poetry By Individual Poets<

2018, ISBN: 0267322518

Gebundene Ausgabe POETRY / General, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [PU:Forgotten Books]