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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... whole nation possessed the Latin poets as a common heritage ; and on the ground of Plautus , Florentines and Neapolitans could understand each other . " If for ' the whole nation ' we read ' all educated men and women ' , that is true ...
... whole nation possessed the Latin poets as a common heritage ; and on the ground of Plautus , Florentines and Neapolitans could understand each other . " If for ' the whole nation ' we read ' all educated men and women ' , that is true ...
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... whole strategic situation was at once made clear when the speaker referred to Demosthenes ' fourth Philippic , citing the paragraph in which Demosthenes told the Athenians that the northern towns whose names they scarcely knew were the ...
... whole strategic situation was at once made clear when the speaker referred to Demosthenes ' fourth Philippic , citing the paragraph in which Demosthenes told the Athenians that the northern towns whose names they scarcely knew were the ...
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... whole is on the relatively narrow field of German literature and society rather than on the whole European and American civilization which has roots in Greece and Rome . A two - page index , no notes . 24. The Warburg Institute , A ...
... whole is on the relatively narrow field of German literature and society rather than on the whole European and American civilization which has roots in Greece and Rome . A two - page index , no notes . 24. The Warburg Institute , A ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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