The classical tradition : Greek and Roman influences on western literature / by Gilbert Highet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Highet, Gilbert, 1906-1978.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative literature--Classical and modern.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--Modern and classical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxviii, 763 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1985, c1976.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A reissue in paperback of a title first published in 1949.

Contents:

CONTENTS; 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 BAROQUE CHAPTER 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [550]-555) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-52270-4

0-19-802006-6

OCLC:

476012854