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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... Plautus ' Amphitryon . The first full - scale English comedy was Ralph Roister - Doister , written about 1553 by Nicolas Udall for a cast of schoolboys who evidently knew their Plautus . Its main character is a braggart like Thersites ...
... Plautus ' Amphitryon . The first full - scale English comedy was Ralph Roister - Doister , written about 1553 by Nicolas Udall for a cast of schoolboys who evidently knew their Plautus . Its main character is a braggart like Thersites ...
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... Plautus ' comedies in the original Latin.89 He used them just as he used the stories he took from all his other sources- -as a basis of interwoven action which he made into poetry by adding deeply human characterization and the poetry ...
... Plautus ' comedies in the original Latin.89 He used them just as he used the stories he took from all his other sources- -as a basis of interwoven action which he made into poetry by adding deeply human characterization and the poetry ...
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... Plautus ' Menaechmi was published by Creede in 1595 and attributed to W. W. , who may have been William Warner . The publisher in his foreword says that W. W. had translated several plays of Plautus ' for the use and delight of his ...
... Plautus ' Menaechmi was published by Creede in 1595 and attributed to W. W. , who may have been William Warner . The publisher in his foreword says that W. W. had translated several plays of Plautus ' for the use and delight of his ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Christianity enriched by GrecoRoman folklore | 9 |
PASTORAL | 12 |
Urheberrecht | |
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