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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... wrote , for the same occasion , Alexander's Feast . It was a great success . Dryden thought it the best poem he had ever writ ; and long afterwards it was splendidly reset by Handel . This was only one , although the greatest , of the ...
... wrote , for the same occasion , Alexander's Feast . It was a great success . Dryden thought it the best poem he had ever writ ; and long afterwards it was splendidly reset by Handel . This was only one , although the greatest , of the ...
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... wrote an original tragedy in the manner of Seneca at fourteen . This mass of learning comes out not only in the plays these men wrote but also in their prose works : Dryden's Essay on Dramatic Poesy , Corneille's Trois discours sur le ...
... wrote an original tragedy in the manner of Seneca at fourteen . This mass of learning comes out not only in the plays these men wrote but also in their prose works : Dryden's Essay on Dramatic Poesy , Corneille's Trois discours sur le ...
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... wrote a drama , Irydion , on the revolt of Greece against the Romans - as Hölderlin wrote of his Hyperion rebelling against the Turks . Some also are less richly creative writers than Goethe , Chateaubriand , Keats , and others we have ...
... wrote a drama , Irydion , on the revolt of Greece against the Romans - as Hölderlin wrote of his Hyperion rebelling against the Turks . Some also are less richly creative writers than Goethe , Chateaubriand , Keats , and others we have ...
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ITALY | 5 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 11 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2247 | 22 |
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