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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... followed it : such as Correggio's Cephalus , a dramatization of the story from Ovid , in ottava rima and lyrical metres , produced at Ferrara in 1487 ; and dramatizations of tales from the Decameron in the same light graceful forms ...
... followed it : such as Correggio's Cephalus , a dramatization of the story from Ovid , in ottava rima and lyrical metres , produced at Ferrara in 1487 ; and dramatizations of tales from the Decameron in the same light graceful forms ...
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... followed , in varying proportions , by all the other Renaissance works of its kind - the blend of prose narrative with verse interludes which raise the simple story into the realm of imaginative emotion . Richer , more elaborately ...
... followed , in varying proportions , by all the other Renaissance works of its kind - the blend of prose narrative with verse interludes which raise the simple story into the realm of imaginative emotion . Richer , more elaborately ...
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... followed . 28. Gibbon , The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , c . 66 . 29. J. A. Symonds , The Revival of Learning , c . 2 . 30. Shakespeare , Macbeth , 2. 2. 62-4- 31. Lincoln modelled his oratory largely on the English prose of ...
... followed . 28. Gibbon , The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , c . 66 . 29. J. A. Symonds , The Revival of Learning , c . 2 . 30. Shakespeare , Macbeth , 2. 2. 62-4- 31. Lincoln modelled his oratory largely on the English prose of ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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