The Augustan art of poetry: Augustan translation of the classics

Abstract

1. The art of poetry: Vida to Pope The education of the poet: setting the cultural scene The Virgilian Ars: disposition of the poet's material The Virgilian Ars: language and style Conclusion to Vida 2. The Augustan ideal: rhyme and refinement Early English classicism The early Augustan aesthetic in English The full Augustan aesthetic Mastery of the medium: the continuing debate about rhyme Appendix: The continuing debate about rhyme 3. Augustan translation of silver Latin Dryden's translation of Persius and Juvenal: Dryden's critical assessment Rowe's Lucan Pope's Statius 4. Augustan Homer Heroic beginnings: The Episode of Sarpedon The main fable: the anger of Achilles The art of Pope's Homer The challenge of the Odyssey