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Highet Gilbert |
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Titolo |
The classical tradition : Greek and Roman influences on western literature / / by Gilbert Highet ; with a new foreword by Harold Bloom |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (809 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Comparative literature - Classical and modern |
Comparative literature - Modern and classical |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; The Classial Tradition; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Dark Ages: English Literature; 3 The Middle Ages: French Literature; 4 Dante and Pagan Antiquity; 5 Towards the Renaissance; 6 The Renaissane Translation; 7 The Renaissance Drama; 8 The Renaissance Epic; 9 the Renaissance Pastoral and Romance; 10 Rabelais And Montaigne; 11 Sshakespeare's Classics; 12 The Renaissance and Afterwards: Lyric Poetry; 13 Transition; 14 The Battle of the Books; 15 A Note on Baroque; 16 Baroque Tragedy; 17 Satire; 18 Baroque Prose |
19 The Time of Revolution20 Parnassus and Antichrist; 21 A Century of Scholarship; 22 The Symbolist Poets and James Joyce; 23 The Reinterpretation of the Myths; 24 Conclusion; Breif Bibliography; Notes; Index |
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Originally published in 1949, Gilbert Highet's seminal The Classical Tradition is a herculean feat of comparative literature and a landmark publication in the history of classical reception. As Highet states in the opening lines of his Preface, this book outlines ""the chief ways in which Greek and Latin influence has moulded the literatures of western Europe and America"". With that simple statement, Highet takes his reader on a sweeping exploration of the history of western literature. To summarize what he covers is a near-impossible task. Discussions of |
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