A History of Roman Literature
Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Rome, Fiction & Literature, Classics
| Author: | Harold North Fowler | ISBN: | 1230000222673 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue | Publication: | March 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Harold North Fowler |
| ISBN: | 1230000222673 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue |
| Publication: | March 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index
CONTENTS
BOOK I
THE PERIOD OF THE REPUBLIC
I.— Introduction—Early Roman literature—Tragedy
II.— Comedy
III.— Early prose—The Scipionic Circle—Lucilius
IV.— Lucretius
V.— Catullus—Minor poets
VI.— Cicero
VII.— Cæsar—Sallust—Other prose writers
BOOK II
THE AUGUSTAN PERIOD
VIII.— The patrons of literature—Virgil
IX.— Horace
X.— Tibullus—Propertius—The lesser poets
XI.— Ovid
XII.— Livy—Other Augustan prose writers
BOOK III
THE EMPIRE AFTER AUGUSTUS
XIII.— Tiberius to Vespasian
XIV.— The Flavian emperors—The silver age
XV.— Nerva and Trajan
XVI.— The emperors after Trajan—Suetonius—Other writers
XVII.— Literary innovations
XVIII.— Early Christian writers
XIX.— Pagan literature of the third century
XX.— The fourth and fifth centuries
XXI.— Conclusion
Appendix I.—Bibliography
Appendix II.—Chronological table
Index
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index
CONTENTS
BOOK I
THE PERIOD OF THE REPUBLIC
I.— Introduction—Early Roman literature—Tragedy
II.— Comedy
III.— Early prose—The Scipionic Circle—Lucilius
IV.— Lucretius
V.— Catullus—Minor poets
VI.— Cicero
VII.— Cæsar—Sallust—Other prose writers
BOOK II
THE AUGUSTAN PERIOD
VIII.— The patrons of literature—Virgil
IX.— Horace
X.— Tibullus—Propertius—The lesser poets
XI.— Ovid
XII.— Livy—Other Augustan prose writers
BOOK III
THE EMPIRE AFTER AUGUSTUS
XIII.— Tiberius to Vespasian
XIV.— The Flavian emperors—The silver age
XV.— Nerva and Trajan
XVI.— The emperors after Trajan—Suetonius—Other writers
XVII.— Literary innovations
XVIII.— Early Christian writers
XIX.— Pagan literature of the third century
XX.— The fourth and fifth centuries
XXI.— Conclusion
Appendix I.—Bibliography
Appendix II.—Chronological table
Index
