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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... heroic deeds nature scenery • • Adaptations of classical episodes evocations of dead and unborn heroic adventures crowd - scenes Homeric similes characters invocations of the Muses Quotations and imitations use and misuse of this device ...
... heroic deeds nature scenery • • Adaptations of classical episodes evocations of dead and unborn heroic adventures crowd - scenes Homeric similes characters invocations of the Muses Quotations and imitations use and misuse of this device ...
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... heroic action and spiritual meaning . Here is its skeleton : 100-1,062 Beowulf fights the giant Grendel ; Beowulf fights Grendel's mother ; 1,233-1,921 2,211-3,183 Beowulf fights the fiery dragon , and dies . So the poem is mostly ...
... heroic action and spiritual meaning . Here is its skeleton : 100-1,062 Beowulf fights the giant Grendel ; Beowulf fights Grendel's mother ; 1,233-1,921 2,211-3,183 Beowulf fights the fiery dragon , and dies . So the poem is mostly ...
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... heroic tales which grew up along the frontiers of the dissolving civilization of Rome . Classical influence , if it reached them and their makers at all , reached them through the church . After the Greek world had been cut off and the ...
... heroic tales which grew up along the frontiers of the dissolving civilization of Rome . Classical influence , if it reached them and their makers at all , reached them through the church . After the Greek world had been cut off and the ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Christianity enriched by GrecoRoman folklore | 9 |
PASTORAL | 12 |
Urheberrecht | |
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