Virgil’s English Translators

Analyses the translations of the Eclogues, Georgics and the Aeneid to reflect the cultural influence of Virgil over the decades of the seventeenth century Analyses the translations of Virgil that were written during the civil wars, Interregnum, and early RestorationAppraises the translations as a group, but also places each of them within the context of the translator’s individual literary corpusConsiders each translation in the light of the translator’s political attitudes This book considers t