Date of Award

6-1926

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Communication

First Advisor

Allen P. Farrell

Abstract

Poetry is vitally the translation or interpretation of life in its highest terms. In its advance through the centuries, it gives expression to man's attempt to find, under the confused appearance of things as we see them, life's real truth and beauty. Latin poetry is one of the great incarnations of this endless progress through the ages and the Prince of Poets, Virgil, stands in one of the foremost places in the line of torch-bearers. The masterpieces of Latin literature are of great importance in the present age. They are supreme works of art,of an excellence unsurpassed and in some respects unequaled either in our age or in any intervening~century. But more than that, we, who have inherited the Latin civilization, own Latin as a second mother tongue because it has been the foundation for the English language. In the development of our literature and most especially of poetry, it cannot be denied that we are deeply indebted to the classics, and Virgil as the greatest of Latin poets is one of the makers and founders of English poetry. From Bede and Chaucer, even to the poets of our day, his influence has been continuous. He has never been lost sight of, even in the Dark Ages but has been "a school-book for youth, a treasure house for mature appreciation and a model for artists".

Comments

A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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