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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... poem like this , called Finnsburh , which we can also find built into Beowulf in a different shape , like the little chapel which later architects have worked into a large and complex church . The Icelandic sagas correspond to the ...
... poem like this , called Finnsburh , which we can also find built into Beowulf in a different shape , like the little chapel which later architects have worked into a large and complex church . The Icelandic sagas correspond to the ...
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... poems of this group are in a sub - class by themselves . The greater is The Liberation of Jerusalem by Torquato Tasso ( 1544- 95 ) , a magnificent poem which was finished in 1575 , published without the author's sanction in 1581 , and ...
... poems of this group are in a sub - class by themselves . The greater is The Liberation of Jerusalem by Torquato Tasso ( 1544- 95 ) , a magnificent poem which was finished in 1575 , published without the author's sanction in 1581 , and ...
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... poem ; but they speak in the accents of im- mortality . SI Now , the word Gongula occurs twice in poems by the exquisite Greek lyricist Sappho . It was the name of one of Sappho's pupils . We know scarcely anything about her , except ...
... poem ; but they speak in the accents of im- mortality . SI Now , the word Gongula occurs twice in poems by the exquisite Greek lyricist Sappho . It was the name of one of Sappho's pupils . We know scarcely anything about her , except ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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