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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... knew , he knew deeply ; but they were not many . Petrarch knew neither the Bible nor Aristotle so well , but he knew classical literature much better than Dante , and he knew more of it . For he discovered much of it , and stimulated ...
... knew , he knew deeply ; but they were not many . Petrarch knew neither the Bible nor Aristotle so well , but he knew classical literature much better than Dante , and he knew more of it . For he discovered much of it , and stimulated ...
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... knew Cicero ; but Dante only as a philosophical essayist and rhetorical writer , while Petrarch knew him as an orator through his speeches , and , through his letters , as a personal friend . Both knew Vergil well : Petrarch actually ...
... knew Cicero ; but Dante only as a philosophical essayist and rhetorical writer , while Petrarch knew him as an orator through his speeches , and , through his letters , as a personal friend . Both knew Vergil well : Petrarch actually ...
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... knew no Greek trage- dians at first hand , quoted Lucian ( so familiar to Rabelais ) only once , knew nothing of Aristophanes , met Thucydides only at second hand , and had not even read Homer properly . Still , he knew and with ...
... knew no Greek trage- dians at first hand , quoted Lucian ( so familiar to Rabelais ) only once , knew nothing of Aristophanes , met Thucydides only at second hand , and had not even read Homer properly . Still , he knew and with ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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