Bibliograph

A literary history of Rome, from the origins to the close of the Golden Age, by J. Wight Duff ; edited by A.M. Duff

Type

Label

A literary history of Rome, from the origins to the close of the Golden Age, by J. Wight Duff ; edited by A.M. Duff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A literary history of Rome

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1540306

Responsibility statement

by J. Wight Duff ; edited by A.M. Duff

Sub title

from the origins to the close of the Golden Age

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- A Foreword on environment -- The origins, geographical and tribal -- The Latin language -- It's history and qualities -- The Roman character and religion -- The earlier literature of the Republic -- The earliest Latin -- The invasion of Hellenism -- The pioneers of Roman poetry -- The Theatre and the masters of Comedy -- Roman tragedy after Ennius -- The satires of Lucilius and minor poetry -- The progress of prose -- The literature of the Golden age a proem to the Golden age -- The Ciceronian Period -- Lucretius, the poet of Epicureanism -- The Alexandrine movement and Catullus -- Varro and learning -- Cicero and oratory -- Caesar and history -- The Augustan period -- Virgil -- The minor poems attributed to Virgil -- Horace -- The Elegiac poets -- Minor Augustan poetry -- Augustan prose and Livy -- An Epilogue

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