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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... empire . In A Study of History Mr. A. J. Toynbee discusses the very odd fact that none of the northern epics describes the greatest war - like achievement of their peoples , the overthrow of the Roman empire.15 His explanation is that ...
... empire . In A Study of History Mr. A. J. Toynbee discusses the very odd fact that none of the northern epics describes the greatest war - like achievement of their peoples , the overthrow of the Roman empire.15 His explanation is that ...
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... empire . The church and its revelation Vergil had only announced with a dim prophetic foreboding . But the empire he had sung better than any other . Essentially , the Aeneid is a proclamation of the Roman empire as established by the ...
... empire . The church and its revelation Vergil had only announced with a dim prophetic foreboding . But the empire he had sung better than any other . Essentially , the Aeneid is a proclamation of the Roman empire as established by the ...
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... empire ( i.e. the Byzantine Roman empire ) and its European prestige . Up to the middle of the eleventh century it was in actual strength the first power in Europe , except in the lifetime of Charles the Great , and under the Comneni it ...
... empire ( i.e. the Byzantine Roman empire ) and its European prestige . Up to the middle of the eleventh century it was in actual strength the first power in Europe , except in the lifetime of Charles the Great , and under the Comneni it ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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