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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... ideas to our minds : Euclid's Elements , Descartes's Discourse on Method , Marx's Capital , Tolstoy's War and Peace . The artistic and linguistic importance of translation is almost as great as its importance in the field of ideas . To ...
... ideas to our minds : Euclid's Elements , Descartes's Discourse on Method , Marx's Capital , Tolstoy's War and Peace . The artistic and linguistic importance of translation is almost as great as its importance in the field of ideas . To ...
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... ideas not from the books which contain them ( and which may be closed to him ) but from the conversation of his friends and from adaptations of them in the work of his contemporaries . We know that Ben Jonson was a good scholar . We ...
... ideas not from the books which contain them ( and which may be closed to him ) but from the conversation of his friends and from adaptations of them in the work of his contemporaries . We know that Ben Jonson was a good scholar . We ...
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... ideas , which thus , at second hand , returned to their original home in satiric poetry.30 Most of the good baroque satires in verse were written within the classical tradition , enriched by ideas from modern sources outside it . The ...
... ideas , which thus , at second hand , returned to their original home in satiric poetry.30 Most of the good baroque satires in verse were written within the classical tradition , enriched by ideas from modern sources outside it . The ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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