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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... lived hard , travelled widely , absorbed huge gulps of thought and experience ; but the result was confusion , which would have meant strain and indigestion had it not been for his humour , his health , his tireless energy . As it is ...
... lived hard , travelled widely , absorbed huge gulps of thought and experience ; but the result was confusion , which would have meant strain and indigestion had it not been for his humour , his health , his tireless energy . As it is ...
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... lived in a freer country , and who was a friend of Swift , lashed out as freely as the great Romans did ; and even Pope became infected by the disease of abstract moralizing which overcame Boileau and paralysed his initially mordant wit ...
... lived in a freer country , and who was a friend of Swift , lashed out as freely as the great Romans did ; and even Pope became infected by the disease of abstract moralizing which overcame Boileau and paralysed his initially mordant wit ...
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... lived . And finally , suppose that such a poet had lived towards the end of a long succession of invasions , migrations , and destructions , in which customs and language had suffered many changes , some surviving , some only dimly ...
... lived . And finally , suppose that such a poet had lived towards the end of a long succession of invasions , migrations , and destructions , in which customs and language had suffered many changes , some surviving , some only dimly ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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