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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... later than the Greeks and Romans , and therefore wiser . They were later in absolute time , but not in relative time . Spengler holds that , on the chart of the growth of civilizations , they were at an earlier stage . Louis XIV looks ...
... later than the Greeks and Romans , and therefore wiser . They were later in absolute time , but not in relative time . Spengler holds that , on the chart of the growth of civilizations , they were at an earlier stage . Louis XIV looks ...
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... later the same dismal condition is recorded by a young man who later became one of the best - loved teachers of literature in all America . Describing Yale in 1883-4 , William Lyon Phelps says : ' Most of our classrooms were dull and ...
... later the same dismal condition is recorded by a young man who later became one of the best - loved teachers of literature in all America . Describing Yale in 1883-4 , William Lyon Phelps says : ' Most of our classrooms were dull and ...
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... later and later , and to spend the early years teaching only the fundamentals . Difficult things like languages are left till later . But of course the best way to learn Greek and Latin is to begin at nine or so , when the mind is so ...
... later and later , and to spend the early years teaching only the fundamentals . Difficult things like languages are left till later . But of course the best way to learn Greek and Latin is to begin at nine or so , when the mind is so ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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