Excerpt from Vergil: A Biography The reason for attempting a new biography of Vergil at the present time is therefore obvious. This essay, conceived with the purpose of centering atten tion upon the poet's actual life, has eschewed the larger task of literary criticism and has also avoided the subject of Vergil's literary sources a theme to which scholars have generally devoted too much acu men. The book is therefore of brief compass, but it has been kept to its single theme in the conviction that the reader who will study ...
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Excerpt from Vergil: A Biography The reason for attempting a new biography of Vergil at the present time is therefore obvious. This essay, conceived with the purpose of centering atten tion upon the poet's actual life, has eschewed the larger task of literary criticism and has also avoided the subject of Vergil's literary sources a theme to which scholars have generally devoted too much acu men. The book is therefore of brief compass, but it has been kept to its single theme in the conviction that the reader who will study Vergil's works as in some measure an outgrowth of the poet's own ex. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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