The Aeneid (Penguin Classics)
by Virgil
from Penguin Classics
Selected Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
by John Dryden
from Dover Publications
Aeneid (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
by Publio Maron Virgilio
from Wordsworth Editions Ltd
'Something greater than the Iliad is being brought to birth', wrote Virgil's contemporary Propertius, in Western literature's most famous flourish of advance publicity. The Aeneid was published after Virgil's death, and at once established itself as Rome's national poem. The hero Aeneas flees from the sack of Troy, and after much suffering carves out a foothold for the future Romans in Italy. While defining and celebrating what it means to be Roman, the Aeneid confronts, with a bleak pathos, the tragedy involved in Rome's destiny.
Fables Ancient and Modern Translated Into Verse From Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer, With Original Poems
by John Dryden
from Kessinger Publishing, LLC
In these ancient and modern fables from Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer, Mr. Dryden has written nothing which favors of immorality or profaneness, at least he was not conscious to his self of any such intention. He endeavored to choose such fables as contain in each of them some instructive moral, which leap foremost into sight. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. Written in Old English.
Ovid's Art of Love in Three Books/3 Books in 1
The Works of John Dryden, Volume VII: Poems, 1697-1700 (Works of John Dryden)
by John Dryden
from University of California Press
Dryden's last three years of published works begin with Alexander's Feast and end with Fables, his largest miscellany of poetical translations. Alexander's Feast, like the earlier Song for St. Cecilia's Day (Works, III), was commissioned by the Musical Society for performance at its annual tribute to sacred music. The Fables included selections from Homer, Ovid, Boccaccio, and Chaucer. Extensive and detailed notes to these translations show readers how well Dryden succeeded in transmitting the styles and the very sounds of his originals. Volume VII ends with a section of miscellaneous pieces published at other times, including Dryden's only known Latin work. The presentation of the writings in this volume, like that of the entire twenty-volume series, is a tribute not only to Dryden but also to the editors who have guided it through five decades.
The Works of John Dryden, Volume V: Poems, 1697 (Works of John Dryden)
Volumes V and VI concern Dryden's most involved labor: the complete translation of Virgil into English. Volume V contains The Pastorals and The Georgics in their entirety; the first six books of The Aeneid is contained as well.
The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1
by John Dryden
from BiblioBazaar
With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes By the Rev. George Gilfillan
The Works of John Dryden, Volume X: Plays: The Tempest, Tyrannick Love, An Evening's Love (Works of John Dryden)
by John Dryden
from University of California Press
Volume X contains three of Dryden's Plays, along with accompanying scholarly appartus: The Tempest, Tyrannick Love, and An Evening's Love.
The Works of John Dryden, Volume II: Poems, 1681-1684 (Works of John Dryden)
This volume contains the poems of Dryden extending from 1681 to 1684. Along with the poems of Dryden and associated extensive commentaries and textual notes from the editors, this volume contains the dramatic prologues and epilogues Dryden wrote for the plays of other writers from this period of time.
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