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This book is an examination of the ideological reception of Virgil at specific moments in the last two millennia. The author focuses on the emperor Augustus in the poetry of Virgil, detects in the poets and grammarians of antiquity alternately a collaborative oppositional reading and an attempt to suppress such reading, studies creative translation (particularly Dryden's), which reasserts the 'Augustan' Virgil, and examines naive translation which can be truer to the spirit of Virgil. Scrutiny of 'textual cleansing', philology's rewriting or excision of troubling readings, leads to readings by both supporters and opponents of fascism and National Socialism to support or subvert the latter-day Augustus. The book ends with a diachronic examination of the ways successive ages have tried to make the Aeneid conform to their upbeat expectations of this poet.

Latin poetry --- Latin language --- Classical languages --- Italic languages and dialects --- Classical philology --- Latin philology --- Latin literature --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc. --- Translating into English. --- Virgil --- Augustus, --- Vergilius Maro, P. --- Vergilius Maro, Publius --- Vergilius --- Vergil --- Virgile --- Virgilio Máron, Publio --- Virgilius Maro, Publius --- Vergili Maronis, Publius --- Virgilio Marone, P. --- Vergilīĭ --- Vergílio --- Wergiliusz --- Vergilīĭ Maron, P. --- Vergilīĭ Maron, Publīĭ --- Verhiliĭ Maron, P. --- Virgilio --- Virgilīĭ, --- Virgilius Maro, P. --- Virgil Maro, P. --- ווירגיל, --- וירגיליוס, --- ורגיליוס, --- מרו, פובליוס ורגיליוס, --- فرجيل, --- Pseudo-Virgil --- Pseudo Virgilio --- Virgilio Marón, Publio --- Bhārjila --- Octavius Caesar, --- Gaius Octavius, --- Octavius, Gaius, --- Octavianus, --- Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar, --- Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, --- Octavian, --- Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, --- T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian Avgust, --- Oktavian-Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ, --- Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian, --- Octavianus Augustus, --- Augusto, --- Cesarz August, --- Ogusṭus, --- Augustus Caesar, --- Gaius Octavius Thurinus, --- Octavio Augusto, --- Cayo Octavio Turino, --- Thurinus, Gaius Octavius, --- Turino, Cayo Octavio, --- אוגוסטוס --- Criticism and interpretation --- History. --- In literature. --- Influence. --- Translations into English --- History and criticism. --- Appreciation --- Rome --- Translating into English --- History and criticism&delete& --- Theory, etc --- Reader-response criticism --- Fascism and literature --- Poésie latine --- Esthétique de la réception --- Fascisme et littérature --- Histoire et critique --- Rome dans la littérature --- In literature --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Influence --- Augustus --- England --- Rome in literature --- Marone, Publio Virgilio --- Latin poetry - History and criticism - Theory, etc. --- Latin language - Translating into English --- Virgil - Criticism and interpretation - History --- Virgil - Appreciation - Great Britain --- Augustus, - Emperor of Rome, - 63 B.C.-14 A.D. - In literature --- Augustus, - Emperor of Rome, - 63 B.C.-14 A.D. - Influence --- Virgil - Translations into English - History and criticism --- Augustus, - Emperor of Rome, - 63 B.C.-14 A.D.