Latin Literature

Latin Literature is a comprehensive book written by J.W. Mackail that explores the history and development of Latin literature from its earliest beginnings to the modern era. The book is divided into several sections that cover various periods in Latin literature, including the Republican period, the Augustan age, and the post-Augustan period. Mackail provides detailed analysis of some of the most influential Latin writers, such as Virgil, Horace, Ovid, and Cicero, and their contributions to the literary canon. He also examines the social and cultural contexts in which these writers lived and worked, and how their writings reflected the political, religious, and philosophical beliefs of their time.The book is aimed at both students and scholars of Latin literature, and it provides a valuable resource for anyone interested in the subject. With its clear and concise writing style, Latin Literature is an accessible and engaging read that will appeal to anyone who wants to learn more about this fascinating field.The poetic forms, on the other hand, used by Virgil were so much more on the main line of tendency that he stands among a large number of others, some of whom might have had a high reputation but for his overwhelming superiority. Of the other essays made in this period in bucolic poetry we know too little to speak with any confidence. But both didactic poetry and the little epic were largely cultivated, and the greater epic itself was not without followers. The extant poems of the Culex and Ciris have already been noted as showing with what skill and grace unknown poets, almost if not absolutely contemporary with Virgil, could use the slighter epic forms.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.