Dryden and the Traces of Classical Rome

by PaulHammond (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  1999

  $238.83

  John Dryden was the leading poet of Restoration England, renowned both as a political writer and as a translator. This book examines the uses Dryden made of allusions to classical Rome, and his translations from Latin poetry. In both the original poems and the translations, Dryden illuminates contemporary England through parallels and contrasts with the world of ancient Rome.