The Classical Tradition. Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature.
by Highet, Gilbert
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- Paperback
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"This book is an outline of the chief ways in which Greek and Latin influence has moulded the literature of western Europe and America." Contents include The Dark Ages: English Literature; The Middle Ages: French Literature; Dante and Pagan Antiquity; Towards the Renaissance: Petrarch, Boccaccio, Chaucer; The Renaissance: Translation; The Renaissance: Drama; The Renaissance: Epic; The Renaissance: Pastoral and Romance; Rabelais and Montaigne; Shakespeare's Classics; The Renaissance and Afterward: Lyric Poetry; Transition; The Battle of the Books; A Note on Baroque; Baroque Tragedy; Satire; Baroque Prose; The Time of Revolution; Parnassus and Antichrist; A Century of Scholarship; The Symbolist Poets and James Joyce; The Reinterpretation of the Myths. xxxviii, 763 pages, index; softcover; edges worn, some pencil notes & underlinings; Good. Stock#ofc0339.
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- Bookseller
- The Owl at the Bridge (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ofc0339
- Title
- The Classical Tradition. Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature.
- Author
- Highet, Gilbert
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Galaxy / Oxford University Press.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Literature: Europe; classical literature; Literary criticism; Literary history; Literature, English;
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