▁Silva e ▁became ▁a ▁major ▁influence ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Le iden . ▁The ▁literary ▁scholar ▁Hugo ▁Gro ti us ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁composed ▁la ud atory ▁s yl va e ▁which ▁eng age ▁strongly ▁with ▁Stati us ' ▁poetry ▁and ▁produced ▁his ▁own ▁edition ▁with ▁comment ary . ▁In ▁ 1 6 8 5 , ▁John ▁D ry den ▁composed ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁poet ical ▁mis cell an ies ▁called ▁the ▁Syl va e . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁responses ▁to ▁the ▁Silva e ▁ ▁Like ▁scholar ship ▁on ▁the ▁The ba id , ▁critical ▁att itudes ▁to ▁the ▁Silva e ▁were ▁decided ly ▁negative ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁when ▁Stati us ' ▁relationship ▁to ▁Dom it ian ▁and ▁his ▁court ▁caused ▁him ▁to ▁fall ▁out ▁of ▁favor ▁with ▁critics ▁and ▁readers , ▁but ▁in ▁recent ▁times , ▁Stati us ▁has ▁been ▁re evalu ated ▁and ▁his ▁Silva e ▁have ▁been ▁involved ▁in ▁his ▁re h abil itation . ▁ ▁The ▁Silva e ▁and ▁their ▁Context ▁Dom it ian ▁and ▁patron age ▁are ▁critical ▁to ▁an ▁understanding ▁of ▁the ▁Silva e ▁and ▁have ▁caused ▁the ▁most ▁difficulty ▁for ▁his ▁critics ▁and ▁readers . ▁Dom it ian ' s ▁presence ▁fills ▁the ▁collection , ▁and ▁Stati us ▁comm emor ates ▁his ▁construction ▁projects , ▁administration , ▁and ▁circle ▁of ▁cour ti ers . ▁The ▁content ▁of ▁the ▁Silva e ▁is ▁primarily ▁dict ated ▁by ▁the ▁needs ▁of ▁Stati us