Bibliograph

The Aeneid, Virgil ; translated by David Ferry

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The Aeneid, Virgil ; translated by David Ferry

Language

eng

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Index

no index present

Intended audience

NP, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Aeneid

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Virgil ; translated by David Ferry

Summary

"Now we have it, and it is a glorious thing. Ferry has long been known as perhaps the foremost contemporary translator of Latin poetry, his translations of Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics having established themselves as much-admired standards. He brings to the Aeneid the same genius, rendering Virgil’s formal, metrical lines into an English that is familiar and alive. Yet in doing so, he surrenders none of the feel of the ancient world that resonates throughout the poem and gives it the power that has drawn readers to it for centuries. In Ferry’s hands, the Aeneid becomes once more a lively, dramatic poem of daring and adventure, of love and loss, devotion and death. Never before have Virgil's twin gifts of poetic language and fleet storytelling been presented so powerfully for English-language readers. Ferry’s Aeneid will be a landmark, a gift to longtime lovers of Virgil and the perfect entry point for new readers." --, Amazon description

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