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The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil

The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil

by W. Y. Sellar

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About this eBook

Author
Sellar, W. Y. (William Young), 1825-1890
Language
English
LoC Class
PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Subject
Virgil -- Criticism and interpretation
Category
Text
eBook-No.
34163
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34163
Release Date
October 29, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION — PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION — CONTENTS — THE ROMAN POETS OF THE AUGUSTAN AGE
  2. 2.General Introduction. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI.
  3. 3.Virgil’s place in Roman Literature. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
  4. 4.Life and Personal Characteristics of Virgil. — I. — II. — III.
  5. 5.The Eclogues. — I. — II. — III.
  6. 6.Motives, Form, National Interest, and Sources of the Georgics. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
  7. 7.Structure and Composition of the Poem, in Relation To the Poem of Lucretius. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V.
  8. 8.The Georgics as the representative poem of Italy.
  9. 9.The Roman Epic before the time of Virgil.
  10. 10.Form and Subject of the Aeneid. — I. — II. — III.
  11. 11.The Aeneid As the Epic of the Roman Empire. — I. — II. — III.
  12. 12.The Aeneid as an Epic Poem of Human Life. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — Footnotes — Transcriber’s Note

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