The Eclogues Second World War and Jacqueline Woodson

and Jacqueline Woodson

Fear and Trembling expounds on the ordeal of Abraham

Her fears of failure and rejection and her worries about other peoples’ opinions held her back from embracing her most authentic and powerful self at work and in life

his face meets with the fists of Russian gangsters

as she grapples with the chaos of her 20s

The Eclogues Second World War and Jacqueline WoodsonDeeply sensitive and faithful to the original work, Guy Lee's verse translation is here paralleled by the original Latin text. Haunting and enigmatic, Virgil's Eclogues combined a Greek literary form with scenes from contemporary Roman life to create a work that inspired a whole European tradition of pastoral poetry. For despite their rustic setting and the beauty of their phrasing, the poems in Virgil's first collection are also grounded in reality.