The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western LiteratureOxford University Press, 1957 - 763 Seiten "An account of the chief ways in which the Greco-Roman tradition has shaped the literatures of modern Europe and America. Beginning with Old English poetry and French romance, and continuing to mid-twentieth century, the author shows how one country after another learned forms, imagery, myths, style and standards in the gradual but continuous rediscovery of Greco-Roman literary arts." [Back cover]. |
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... Compared with us , Plato and Vergil and their con- temporaries are young . We are the ancients . The world is growing up all the time.7 Now , this is the commonest modern assumption , and it is one in which the deepest fallacy lies ...
... Compared with us , Plato and Vergil and their con- temporaries are young . We are the ancients . The world is growing up all the time.7 Now , this is the commonest modern assumption , and it is one in which the deepest fallacy lies ...
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... compared to both Shelley and Keats ; but he is inferior to them both in scope . He was essentially a minia- turist , and produced nothing comparable to Prometheus Unbound or Endymion - although he aimed as high . For ten years he ...
... compared to both Shelley and Keats ; but he is inferior to them both in scope . He was essentially a minia- turist , and produced nothing comparable to Prometheus Unbound or Endymion - although he aimed as high . For ten years he ...
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... compared with Pope and the Greeks and Romans , as slums and Gothic castles compared with the Parthenon.20 Yet there is a famous passage in his autobiographical Pilgrimage which shows that there was a conflict within him about his ...
... compared with Pope and the Greeks and Romans , as slums and Gothic castles compared with the Parthenon.20 Yet there is a famous passage in his autobiographical Pilgrimage which shows that there was a conflict within him about his ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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