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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... scholars must regret that they have to work during a time when , instead of that generous supra- national comradeship which helped to build the learning and culture of the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries , it is becoming more and ...
... scholars must regret that they have to work during a time when , instead of that generous supra- national comradeship which helped to build the learning and culture of the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries , it is becoming more and ...
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... scholars and the public . Few scholars think it worth while to translate the books they read : and , if they do so , they are apt to choose a woefully old - fashioned style which , instead of interesting and stimulating a non ...
... scholars and the public . Few scholars think it worth while to translate the books they read : and , if they do so , they are apt to choose a woefully old - fashioned style which , instead of interesting and stimulating a non ...
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... scholars alive who are grateful to it for helping them through the tougher books of Lucan or Persius . 2. The word ... Scholars everywhere wrote to each other that the light of the world had perished . 6. ' Of the foremost scholars of ...
... scholars alive who are grateful to it for helping them through the tougher books of Lucan or Persius . 2. The word ... Scholars everywhere wrote to each other that the light of the world had perished . 6. ' Of the foremost scholars of ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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