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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... stories , one of the most poignant , tells how Philomela was ravished and mutilated by her sister's husband Tereus . He cut her tongue out and kept her prisoner , but she wove her story into a tapestry and sent it to her sister Procne ...
... stories , one of the most poignant , tells how Philomela was ravished and mutilated by her sister's husband Tereus . He cut her tongue out and kept her prisoner , but she wove her story into a tapestry and sent it to her sister Procne ...
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... story about a Jew who was trying to decide whether he should become a Christian or not . In order to make up his mind , he visited Rome . When he came back , he was baptized at once . Why ? Because , he said , he had seen so much vice ...
... story about a Jew who was trying to decide whether he should become a Christian or not . In order to make up his mind , he visited Rome . When he came back , he was baptized at once . Why ? Because , he said , he had seen so much vice ...
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... story , with a central thread of love- interest and a number of subordinate love - stories , making a vastly more elaborate fiction than any of its predecessors . It is really , like Daphnis and Chloe , a romance with a pastoral setting ...
... story , with a central thread of love- interest and a number of subordinate love - stories , making a vastly more elaborate fiction than any of its predecessors . It is really , like Daphnis and Chloe , a romance with a pastoral setting ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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