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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... difficult to admire . Those who enjoy his vigour are repelled by his pedantry ; those who like his idealism hate his ... difficulty which his readers feel is based on a lack of harmony between conflicting factors in Rabelais's book ; and ...
... difficult to admire . Those who enjoy his vigour are repelled by his pedantry ; those who like his idealism hate his ... difficulty which his readers feel is based on a lack of harmony between conflicting factors in Rabelais's book ; and ...
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... difficult ? Now that we have learnt to change the world , the world has become less stable , so that it is more difficult to understand : new problems are constantly arising , for which no clear precedents exist . And our naïve ...
... difficult ? Now that we have learnt to change the world , the world has become less stable , so that it is more difficult to understand : new problems are constantly arising , for which no clear precedents exist . And our naïve ...
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... difficult to see in proper perspective . Like all complex events , the decline of public interest in classical studies had a number of different causes . Some of these had nothing to do with classical culture , others were only ...
... difficult to see in proper perspective . Like all complex events , the decline of public interest in classical studies had a number of different causes . Some of these had nothing to do with classical culture , others were only ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Christianity enriched by GrecoRoman folklore | 9 |
PASTORAL | 12 |
Urheberrecht | |
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