4. POPE’S ILIAD FOR TWENTIETH-CENTURY READERS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. 1. INTRODUCTION: TRANSLATION AS PARODY 1
5. 2. VISUAL AND VERBAL TRANSLATION OF MYTH: NEPTUNE IN VIRGIL, RUBENS, DRYDEN 17
6. 3. THE THEBAN EAGLE IN ENGLISH PLUMAGE 46
7. 4. POPE’S ILIAD FOR TWENTIETH-CENTURY READERS 55
8. 5. FROM THE ILIAD TO THE NOVEL, VIA THE RAPE OF THE LOCK 77
9. 6. A POET’S ODYSSEY 96
10. 7. DRYDEN’S EPIC MANNER AND VIRGIL 103
11. 8. THE HERESY OF PLOT IT 123
12. 9. POETIC AND DRAMATIC DESIGN IN VERSIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE 139
13. 10. SEVEN AGAMEMNONS 159
14. INDEX 181
15. HARVARD STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 185