Arms, and the Man I sing . . .

This study-referred to as a "preface" is given this designation because its aim is not to offer an up-to-date overall assessment Dryden''s translation of Virgil''s Æneid, but rather to provide a valid basis for such an assessment. In this it seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of relevant areas (i.e. the "conditions of expression") forming the very basis of the genesis of Dryden''s translati...