The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western LiteratureOxford University Press, 1957 - 763 Seiten "An account of the chief ways in which the Greco-Roman tradition has shaped the literatures of modern Europe and America. Beginning with Old English poetry and French romance, and continuing to mid-twentieth century, the author shows how one country after another learned forms, imagery, myths, style and standards in the gradual but continuous rediscovery of Greco-Roman literary arts." [Back cover]. |
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... Comedy incomparably their greatest book . Now it is not possible to understand either Dante or his poem without recognizing that the aim of his life was to create , in fact , to be the closest possible connexion between the Greco ...
... Comedy incomparably their greatest book . Now it is not possible to understand either Dante or his poem without recognizing that the aim of his life was to create , in fact , to be the closest possible connexion between the Greco ...
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... comedy ' to connote what we should now call an epic , a poem of heroic length , provided it has a happy ending . By calling his own work ' comedy ' in contrast to Vergil's ' tragedy ' , he clearly means to set up his poem as a ...
... comedy ' to connote what we should now call an epic , a poem of heroic length , provided it has a happy ending . By calling his own work ' comedy ' in contrast to Vergil's ' tragedy ' , he clearly means to set up his poem as a ...
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... comedy in the modern manner was Lodovico Ariosto's The Casket Comedy ( Cassaria ) , written in 1498 and played ( at Ferrara , of course ) in 1508. It was adapted from several classical comedies : The Casket Comedy , The Ghost Comedy ...
... comedy in the modern manner was Lodovico Ariosto's The Casket Comedy ( Cassaria ) , written in 1498 and played ( at Ferrara , of course ) in 1508. It was adapted from several classical comedies : The Casket Comedy , The Ghost Comedy ...
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THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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