This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...which is still the best and most detailed discussion of Jerome's brief biography of the poet, with criticism of all the theories founded on its interpretation. The other two Lucretian articles are on textual questions. The first Virgil article is on the old question of the poet's name--Vergilius in Latin and Virgilio ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...which is still the best and most detailed discussion of Jerome's brief biography of the poet, with criticism of all the theories founded on its interpretation. The other two Lucretian articles are on textual questions. The first Virgil article is on the old question of the poet's name--Vergilius in Latin and Virgilio in Italian: is it conceivable that an English poet could speak of Vergil? Politian was the first to write Vergilius, Stampini patriotically declares. Another paper is a detailed estimate, verse by verse, of the philological work done on the Bucolics down to 1905; the discussion of the Fourth Eclogue is especially full and valuable. preserve the spirit of the original. But theory is one thing and practice is another. The second point of particular interest in the introduction is the attack on the literalists who believe that "a particular flesh-and-blood Phyllis jilted the poet on the particular morning in May on which he sings," and who ' otherwise honest will turn their imaginations loose on'internal evidence' and deduce therefrom the most egregious lies in the shape of specific facts." Miss Stewart argues that many poems are the result of love denied, that "the satisfied lover needs no poem of ecstasy; his beloved is his poem. The despairing lover needs no verse of woe; his broken heart is his cry." There is a great deal in all this, but opinions will differ as to the amount. Judging from these words and from the fact that in the two Juventius poems in the book (48, 99) Miss Stewart substitutes the name of Lesbia for that of Juventius, it would seem that she doubts the reality of the affair with Juventius. Perhaps the wish is father to the thought. It is interesting to an American student to see how well acquainted th...
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