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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... thought . Horace , the calm , restrained , elegant , enlightened Epicurean , said Pindar's poetry was like a torrent rushing down rain - swollen from the mountains , overrunning its banks , boiling and roaring.5 We feel its tremen- dous ...
... thought . Horace , the calm , restrained , elegant , enlightened Epicurean , said Pindar's poetry was like a torrent rushing down rain - swollen from the mountains , overrunning its banks , boiling and roaring.5 We feel its tremen- dous ...
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... thought that his own mission in life was to become a great moral legislator com- parable to the Roman Numa or the ... thought was his admiration for what he believed to be the moral education of Sparta and early Rome . He thought that ...
... thought that his own mission in life was to become a great moral legislator com- parable to the Roman Numa or the ... thought was his admiration for what he believed to be the moral education of Sparta and early Rome . He thought that ...
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... thought of Valéry , the evasive dreamlike fancies of Mallarmé , are all produced by the extreme sensitivity and ... thought , and the articulation of the detail with the central thought , are left for the reader to work out . And the ...
... thought of Valéry , the evasive dreamlike fancies of Mallarmé , are all produced by the extreme sensitivity and ... thought , and the articulation of the detail with the central thought , are left for the reader to work out . And the ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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