The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western LiteratureOxford University Press, 1967 - 763 Seiten This landmark book explores the ways in which the Greco-Roman tradition has shaped modern European and American literature. |
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... English began to grow in the same way , and for the same reasons , as French : very largely under the influence of French . Chaucer was the chief figure in this process . He had some Latin , and knew French almost as well as English ...
... English began to grow in the same way , and for the same reasons , as French : very largely under the influence of French . Chaucer was the chief figure in this process . He had some Latin , and knew French almost as well as English ...
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... English philosophical prose ' . And Chaucer introduced such scholarly words as astrologer , distil , erratic , longitude , native , occidental , orator . Hundreds more words that we use every day were brought in at this time : words as ...
... English philosophical prose ' . And Chaucer introduced such scholarly words as astrologer , distil , erratic , longitude , native , occidental , orator . Hundreds more words that we use every day were brought in at this time : words as ...
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... English from Le Roy's French version in 1598 . Aristotle's Ethics were also translated into French under Charles V , and then again in the sixteenth century by Le Roy . Carlos de Viana made a Spanish version late in the fifteenth cen ...
... English from Le Roy's French version in 1598 . Aristotle's Ethics were also translated into French under Charles V , and then again in the sixteenth century by Le Roy . Carlos de Viana made a Spanish version late in the fifteenth cen ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Christianity enriched by GrecoRoman folklore | 9 |
PASTORAL | 12 |
Urheberrecht | |
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