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