The Roman Poets of the Republic

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Author

Sellar, W. Y. (William Young), 1825-1890

Title

The Roman Poets of the Republic, 2nd edition

Credits

Produced by Irma Spehar, Sarah Graham and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature

Subject

Latin poetry -- History and criticism

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48323

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48323

Release Date

February 20, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ROMAN POETS OF THE REPUBLIC
2. 2.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. GENERAL CHARACTER OF ROMAN POETRY.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. VESTIGES OF EARLY INDIGENOUS POETRY IN ROME AND ANCIENT ITALY.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNING OF ROMAN LITERATURE—LIVIUS ANDRONICUS—CN. NAEVIUS, B.C. 240-202.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. ENNIUS.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. EARLY ROMAN TRAGEDY—M. PACUVIUS, B.C. 219-129; L. ACCIUS, B.C. 170-ABOUT B.C. 90.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. ROMAN COMEDY. PLAUTUS. ABOUT 254 TO 184 B.C.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. TERENCE AND THE COMIC POETS SUBSEQUENT TO PLAUTUS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. EARLY ROMAN SATIRE—C. LUCILIUS, DIED 102 B.C.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. REVIEW OF THE FIRST PERIOD.
13. 13.Untitled
14. 14.CHAPTER X. TRANSITION FROM LUCILIUS TO LUCRETIUS AND CATULLUS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. LUCRETIUS.—PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE PHILOSOPHY OF LUCRETIUS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE AND MORAL TEACHING OF LUCRETIUS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. THE LITERARY ART AND GENIUS OF LUCRETIUS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. CATULLUS.

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