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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... described Odysseus ' palace as having a dunghill at its gate.17 The general attitude of these critics . resembled that of the old Victorian lady who went to see Sarah Bernhardt in Antony and Cleopatra , and , after watching her languish ...
... described Odysseus ' palace as having a dunghill at its gate.17 The general attitude of these critics . resembled that of the old Victorian lady who went to see Sarah Bernhardt in Antony and Cleopatra , and , after watching her languish ...
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... described as a culmination of Renaissance scholarship , of the admiration for Greco - Roman art , political wisdom , and humanism that began to vivify the nations of western Europe four hundred years earlier . Looked at from another ...
... described as a culmination of Renaissance scholarship , of the admiration for Greco - Roman art , political wisdom , and humanism that began to vivify the nations of western Europe four hundred years earlier . Looked at from another ...
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... described his innovations : 6 ' I have tried to reduce music to its real function , that of seconding poetry by intensifying the expression of sentiments and the interest of situations , without interrupting the action by needless ...
... described his innovations : 6 ' I have tried to reduce music to its real function , that of seconding poetry by intensifying the expression of sentiments and the interest of situations , without interrupting the action by needless ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
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