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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... inspired in a dream to sing about ' the beginning of created things ' , in praise of God the Creator . When he woke he had firmly in his memory all that he had sung in his sleep , and to these words he later added others in the same ...
... inspired in a dream to sing about ' the beginning of created things ' , in praise of God the Creator . When he woke he had firmly in his memory all that he had sung in his sleep , and to these words he later added others in the same ...
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... inspired the heroic hunting - conversa- tion in A Midsummer - Night's Dream.53 A number of passages contain explicit references to Ovid's own personality54 and to his books.55 But Shakespeare's greatest debt to Ovid is visible all ...
... inspired the heroic hunting - conversa- tion in A Midsummer - Night's Dream.53 A number of passages contain explicit references to Ovid's own personality54 and to his books.55 But Shakespeare's greatest debt to Ovid is visible all ...
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... inspired by Juvenal's brief chronological account of a day in the client's life and by Persius ' ironical address to a lazy young nobleman.37 This inspiration does not lessen its striking force and essential originality 17. SATIRE 315.
... inspired by Juvenal's brief chronological account of a day in the client's life and by Persius ' ironical address to a lazy young nobleman.37 This inspiration does not lessen its striking force and essential originality 17. SATIRE 315.
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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