Vergil; Tr. By Patric Dickinson, Aeneid, The
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A modern poetic translation of The Aeneid by distinguished poet and Oxford Professor C. Day Lewis. Present day readers will find all the beauty, nobility, excitement and humanity of the original in this masterful English version.
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"A brilliant translation; the only one since Dryden which reads like English verse and conveys some of the majesty and pathos of the original."―Bernard M. W. Knox
"Mandelbaum has . . . given us a contemporary experience of the masterpiece, at last."―David Ignatow
"The book has a wonderful, detailed liveliness in every line."―Robert Fagles
"Comes closer to the impossible goal of perfection than any of the numerous efforts that have poured out of American and British presses since World War II."―William S. Anderson
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- PublisherSignet
- Publication date1961
- ISBN 10 0451622774
- ISBN 13 9780451622778
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages320
- EditorMoses Hadas
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