Virgil Summary

Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) 70-19 B.C. The foremost Roman poet of his day. Born in Mantua, he wrote, among other works, on agriculture in the Georgics (On farming). This didactic poem, written in ... Read more

Biography EssayThe so-called Appendix Vergiliana represents a collection of minor poetry (some of it most attractive) of the fifty years (or more) after Virgil, attributed to him to gain credit and ... Read more

A prominent English statesman and man of letters, Addison, along with Richard Steele, is considered one of the most important essayists of the early eighteenth century. With Steele, he founded the inf... Read more

In the following essay, Shairp examines changing religious practices during the reign of Augustus, how these changes are embodied in the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid, and how Virgil's theolog... Read more

Van Doren was one of the most prolific men of letters in twentieth-century American writing. His work includes poetry (his Collected Poems 1922–1938 won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940), novels, sho... Read more