Virgil made English : the decline of classical authority

Label

Virgil made English : the decline of classical authority

Title remainder

the decline of classical authority

Statement of responsibility

Tanya M. Caldwell

Creator

• Caldwell, Tanya, 1969-

Subject

• Comparative literature -- English and classical
• Classicism -- Great Britain
• Classicism -- England -- History -- 17th century
• Virgil -- Influence
• English literature -- Classical influences
• Comparative literature -- Classical and English
• Virgil -- Appreciation -- England

Language

eng

Summary

"Virgil Made English traces Virgil's fate from the Interregnum through mid-eighteenth-century England and beyond by examining translations, imitations, adaptations, and discussions of the poet and some of his fellow Ancients. Along the way, it examines English and French neoclassical theorists, demonstrating the unacknowledged gap between theory and practice in this period. The central argument here concerns the decline in influence and authority of Virgil and the Ancients in this "neoclassical" period. The study also shows how literary features and notions about literature's historical and social function that are associated with the eighteenth century can be traced back through mid-seventeenth century rejection of precepts and examples."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

873.01

Index

no index present

LC call number

PA6825

LC item number

.C348 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography