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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... better thing than our own civilization until a few generations ago , and it may well prove to have been a better thing all in all . But we are so accustomed to contemplating the spectacle of human progress that we assume modern culture ...
... better thing than our own civilization until a few generations ago , and it may well prove to have been a better thing all in all . But we are so accustomed to contemplating the spectacle of human progress that we assume modern culture ...
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... better than anyone else , better even than the sources which he used , the essence of the Roman republic and its aristocracy . On the other hand , the Athenian noble Alcibiades , who appears in Timon , was a complex personality who ...
... better than anyone else , better even than the sources which he used , the essence of the Roman republic and its aristocracy . On the other hand , the Athenian noble Alcibiades , who appears in Timon , was a complex personality who ...
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... better poets felt a deep but tranquil emotion , which could not issue in ' Pindaric rage ' , they often turned to Horace's manner , sometimes to his very metres . 93 Pope's early Ode on Solitude and Collins's beautiful odes To Evening ...
... better poets felt a deep but tranquil emotion , which could not issue in ' Pindaric rage ' , they often turned to Horace's manner , sometimes to his very metres . 93 Pope's early Ode on Solitude and Collins's beautiful odes To Evening ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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