The classical tradition : Greek and Roman influences on western literature

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ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2. THE DARK AGES: ENGLISH LITERATURE; CHAPTER 3. THE MIDDLE AGES: FRENCH LITERATURE; CHAPTER 4. DANTE AND PAGAN ANTIQUITY; CHAPTER 5. TOWARDS THE RENAISSANCE: PETRARCH, BOCCACCIO, CHAUCER; CHAPTER 6. THE RENAISSANCE: TRANSLATION; CHAPTER 7. THE RENAISSANCE: DRAMA; CHAPTER 8. THE RENAISSANCE: EPIC; CHAPTER 9. THE RENAISSANCE: PASTORAL AND ROMANCE; CHAPTER 10. RABELAIS AND MONTAIGNE; CHAPTER 11. SHAKESPEARE'S CLASSICS; CHAPTER 12. THE RENAISSANCE AND AFTERWARDS: LYRIC POETRY; CHAPTER 13. TRANSITION; CHAPTER 14. THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS CHAPTER 15. A NOTE ON BAROQUECHAPTER 16. BAROQUE TRAGEDY; CHAPTER 17. SATIRE; CHAPTER 18. BAROQUE PROSE; CHAPTER 19. THE TIME OF REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 20. PARNASSUS AND ANTICHRIST; CHAPTER 21. A CENTURY OF SCHOLARSHIP; CHAPTER 22. THE SYMBOLIST POETS AND JAMES JOYCE; CHAPTER 23. THE REINTERPRETATION OF THE MYTHS; CHAPTER 24. CONCLUSION; BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES; INDEX