A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe, from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 1 (of 3), Classical and mediæval criticism

Chapter II: The Contemporaries of Quintilian

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Petronius 242
Seneca the Younger 245
The satirists 248
Persius 248
The Prologue and First Satire 248
Examination of this 251
Juvenal 253
Martial 256
The style of the Epigrams 258

Précis of their critical contents 260
Statius 268
Pliny the Younger: Criticism on the Letters 270
The _Dialogue de Claris Oratoribus_ 280
Mr. Nettleship’s estimate of it 283
The general literary taste of the Silver Age 284
“Faultlessness” 285
Ornate or plain style 287

CHAPTER III.

QUINTILIAN.

The _Institutes_ 289
Preface 291
Book I.: Elementary Education 291
And Grammar 291
Books II.-VII. only relevant now and then 292
How to lecture on an author 293
Wit 294

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