This volume analyses the process of creative adaptation which shaped the beginnings of Latin literature.
List of plates; 1. Books and readers in the Roman world E. J. Kenney; 2. Literary criticism Michael Winterbottom; 3. The genesis of poetry in Rome Gordon Williams; 4. Ennius' Annales A. S. Gratwick; 5. Drama A. S. Gratwick; 6. Prose literature A. S. Gratwick; 7. The satires of Ennius and Lucilius A. S. Gratwick; Abbreviations; Index.