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The historical present: Robert Fagles's bold solutions to the problems of Virgil.(The Aeneid)(Book review)

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From: American Scholar
Date: 20070101
Author:Stallings, A.E.

THE AENEID By Virgil Translated by Robert Fagles Viking | $40

Thomas Jefferson's assertion that "every generation needs a new revolution" has long been adopted by translators; it is a commonplace that every generation needs a new Homer, a new Virgil, a new Dante. If that is so, we are in need of a new Aeneid. Robert Fitzgerald's elegant rendition of The Aeneid, the standard text, has been the reigning champion for more than 20 years and can buy a drink without getting carded. Robert Fagles, after his acclaimed translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey, has now turned his ...

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