Aeneid

Rising to the challenge of rendering the poem's Latin hexameters by adopting English iambic ones, Len Krisak's Aeneid doubles down on the English poetic tradition by also featuring rhyme. In Krisak's hands, these devices provide not only a superb kind of music but the snap and power of an epic adventure that glories in what only formal poetry can do. Enhanced by an Introduction and an extensive set of notes by Christopher M. McDonough, this Aeneid works as story, voice, and verse.

Ridicandu-se la provocarea de a reda hexametrele latine ale poemului prin adoptarea celor iambice englezesti, Eneida lui Len Krisak dubleaza traditia poetica engleza, prezentand si rima. In mainile lui Krisak, aceste dispozitive ofera nu numai un gen superb de muzica, ci si apasarea si puterea unei aventuri epice care se bucura de ceea ce poate face doar poezia formala.