Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I GENERAL INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II VIRGIL'S PLACE IN ROMAN LITERATURE
- CHAPTER III LIFE AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VIRGIL
- CHAPTER IV THE ECLOGUES
- CHAPTER V MOTIVES, FORM, SUBSTANCE, AND SOURCES OF THE GEORGICS
- CHAPTER VI RELATION OF THE GEORGICS TO THE POEM OF LUCRETIUS
- CHAPTER VII THE GEORGICS A POEM REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY
- CHAPTER VIII THE ROMAN EPIC BEFORE THE TIME OF VIRGIL
- CHAPTER IX FORM AND SUBJECT OF THE AENEID
- CHAPTER X THE AENEID AS THE EPIC OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- CHAPTER XI THE AENEID AS AN EPIC POEM OF HUMAN LIFE
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I GENERAL INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II VIRGIL'S PLACE IN ROMAN LITERATURE
- CHAPTER III LIFE AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VIRGIL
- CHAPTER IV THE ECLOGUES
- CHAPTER V MOTIVES, FORM, SUBSTANCE, AND SOURCES OF THE GEORGICS
- CHAPTER VI RELATION OF THE GEORGICS TO THE POEM OF LUCRETIUS
- CHAPTER VII THE GEORGICS A POEM REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY
- CHAPTER VIII THE ROMAN EPIC BEFORE THE TIME OF VIRGIL
- CHAPTER IX FORM AND SUBJECT OF THE AENEID
- CHAPTER X THE AENEID AS THE EPIC OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- CHAPTER XI THE AENEID AS AN EPIC POEM OF HUMAN LIFE
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- Roman Poets of the Augustan AgeVirgil, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010