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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... verse , together with the first seven books of the Iliad , by Girolamo Bacelli ( 1581-2 ) ; but they created little impression . In Germany a verse rendering of the Iliad by Johann Spreng of Augsburg appeared in 1610 . There was a prose ...
... verse , together with the first seven books of the Iliad , by Girolamo Bacelli ( 1581-2 ) ; but they created little impression . In Germany a verse rendering of the Iliad by Johann Spreng of Augsburg appeared in 1610 . There was a prose ...
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... verse satire , on the other hand , was directly inspired by the form , or the matter , or both the form and the matter , of the Roman verse - satirists . Probably this is the reason for the comparative scarcity of verse satires in the ...
... verse satire , on the other hand , was directly inspired by the form , or the matter , or both the form and the matter , of the Roman verse - satirists . Probably this is the reason for the comparative scarcity of verse satires in the ...
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... verse epic was over . He knew that the grandeur and energy of the epic had now flowed out of it into prose fiction : the epic of the nineteenth century was to be Victor Hugo's Les Misérables and Tolstoy's War and Peace.42 But he could ...
... verse epic was over . He knew that the grandeur and energy of the epic had now flowed out of it into prose fiction : the epic of the nineteenth century was to be Victor Hugo's Les Misérables and Tolstoy's War and Peace.42 But he could ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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