A Stingless Bee: the Glorious Revolution in John Dryden’s Translations of Virgil

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 was an unprecedented event in the history England which led to dethronement King James II and coronation a Dutch Protestant, William Orange, his wife Mary, James’s daughter, as new monarchs. Because deposition Catholic conducted with general public consent, writers that period did not consider worth commenting on, hence there tangible air silence passivity around Revolution. John Dryden, convert Catholic, lost title Poet Laureate result revolution but entirely retire from writing. He turned playwriting translating Virgil, Juvenal other classics, only make living also be able convey implicit messages king reign. aim present article is analyse Dryden’s allusions towards political circumstances post-revolutionary England, hidden between lines translations against background literary one reasons made Dryden decide comments disguised manner.