Vergil and the English Poets (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Vergil and the English Poets This book has grown out of a long-standing interest in the classics and a feeling that the connection between the literature of Greece and Rome and that of England is too seldom realized and too seldom stressed by the lovers and teachers of both. As Sir Gilbert Murray has said in his recent presidential address to the Classical Association of England, The Religion of a Man of Letters, "Paradise Lost and Prometheus Unbound are ... the children of Vergil and Homer, of Aeschylus and Plato. ... Let us admit that there must of necessity be in all English literature a strain of what one may call vernacular English thought. ... It remains true that from the Renaissance onward, nay, from Chaucer and even from Alfred, the higher and more massive workings of our literature owe more to the Greeks and Romans than to our own un-Romanized ancestors." Vergil has probably exerted more influence upon the literature of England throughout its whole course and in all its branches than any other Roman poet. At certain periods Horace has taken precedence over him, and at other periods, Ovid; but it is doubtful whether the influence of either has been as far-reaching or as varied as that of Vergil. A discussion of his influence upon the English poets, therefore, will serve as an illustration of that continuity of literature, that traditio, of which Sir Gilbert Murray speaks. I wish to thank those members of the English Department of Columbia University who, by their advice and aid, have made this book possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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