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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... imitation ; emulation . The most obvious channel is translation , although the effects of the power entering by it are much more various than one might suppose . Imitation is of two types . Either the modern author decides that he can ...
... imitation ; emulation . The most obvious channel is translation , although the effects of the power entering by it are much more various than one might suppose . Imitation is of two types . Either the modern author decides that he can ...
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... imitating Horace even if he quotes one of the odes . He is writing because he loves women and wine , and he is quoting ... imitation . Line after line , stanza after stanza , is good in itself for lovers of poetry , and better for those ...
... imitating Horace even if he quotes one of the odes . He is writing because he loves women and wine , and he is quoting ... imitation . Line after line , stanza after stanza , is good in itself for lovers of poetry , and better for those ...
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... imitations of great passages from the Greek dramatists.43 But in the most important matter of all it was more than an imitation . The morality was modern , almost Christian : a change which Racine had felt bound to introduce into some ...
... imitations of great passages from the Greek dramatists.43 But in the most important matter of all it was more than an imitation . The morality was modern , almost Christian : a change which Racine had felt bound to introduce into some ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Christianity enriched by GrecoRoman folklore | 9 |
PASTORAL | 12 |
Urheberrecht | |
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