A History of Latin Literature (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A History of Latin Literature It seems strange that in this country, where Latin is taught in all the public and even in most of the middle-class schools, there does not exist, as far as I know, a concise general history of Latin Literature that might be put into the hands of young students, and give them a succinct history of its treasures, of its gradual development, and ultimate decay. I have endeavoured to supply this want in a manner which, I hope, may be acceptable not only to the student of Latin, but to educated readers in general, who cannot fail to take an interest in tho literature of a people that has exercised, and is still exercising, so great an influence upon the civilised world. I might have confined myself to those parts of Latin Literature which are still extant, or even to those writers whose works really deserve the name of classical, and are commonly read in schools and universities, but in either case I should have conveyed a most inadequate and partial idea of what Latin Literature really was, or rather has been. I have, therefore, thought it preferable to give a complete, though very brief, survey of the whole domain of literature, from its rudest beginnings down to the time when the Latin language in Italy and the Latinised provinces of Gaul, Spain, and Africa was losing its original character, and, under the influence of the conquerors, entered upon an entirely new development, which in the end produced the modem languages of Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal. The languages thus gradually formed out of Latin were at first scarcely suited to be employed for literary purposes, and hence ancient Latin still continued for centuries to be used by both the conquered and the conquerors as the language of literature. 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.