Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity: An Introductory EssayRoutledge, 2005 M07 15 - 240 páginas Although a third of his plays are set in the ancient world and he constantly used classical mythology, history, and ideas, Shakespeare received a simple grammar school education and did not have a scholar's knowledge of the classics. The critical implications of this are the subject of Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity. Against a recent academic tendency to exaggerate Shakespeare's learning, the authors investigate how he used his comparatively restricted knowledge to create, for example, an unusually convincing picture of Rome, and analyse, by presenting us with careful readings of specific passages, the styles Shakespeare employed under the influence of classical writers, especially Ovid, Seneca, and (in translation) Homer and Plutarch. |
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... ancient world , and he has constant recourse to classical mythology and history , and to classical ideas . This is simply a matter of record . That so narrow an education must have been a disaster will be agreed by all ; the only ...
... ancient world , and he has constant recourse to classical mythology and history , and to classical ideas . This is simply a matter of record . That so narrow an education must have been a disaster will be agreed by all ; the only ...
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... . Romance had its origins in antiquity , but few ancient critics would have taken the Greek prose romances seriously as literature , while Greek works which moderns might regard as romances - the Vill SHAKESPEARE AND THE USES OF ANTIQUITY.
... . Romance had its origins in antiquity , but few ancient critics would have taken the Greek prose romances seriously as literature , while Greek works which moderns might regard as romances - the Vill SHAKESPEARE AND THE USES OF ANTIQUITY.
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... ancient , medieval and Renaissance sources ; we argue for the greater importance of Chapman's Seven Books from the Iliad , and the notion of classical epic style embodied therein , than is usually allowed . In chapter 4 we look at ...
... ancient , medieval and Renaissance sources ; we argue for the greater importance of Chapman's Seven Books from the Iliad , and the notion of classical epic style embodied therein , than is usually allowed . In chapter 4 we look at ...
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... Ancient Epic . Milton was a man of unusual learning , a scholar who devoted much of his life to emulating the poetic achievements of the ancients . Shakespeare , by contrast , received only an ordinary grammar school education , and was ...
... Ancient Epic . Milton was a man of unusual learning , a scholar who devoted much of his life to emulating the poetic achievements of the ancients . Shakespeare , by contrast , received only an ordinary grammar school education , and was ...
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... ancient literature Shakespeare had read , even if Milton is nodding , with some wit , at the tradition already established by Jonson . Milton is certainly not trying to score points for Jonson against Shakespeare , or vice versa . Let ...
... ancient literature Shakespeare had read , even if Milton is nodding , with some wit , at the tradition already established by Jonson . Milton is certainly not trying to score points for Jonson against Shakespeare , or vice versa . Let ...
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SHAKESPEARES OVID | 45 |
SHAKESPEARES TROY | 91 |
SHAKESPEARES ROME | 121 |
SHAKESPEARES STOICISM | 165 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity: An Introductory Essay Charles Martindale,Michelle Martindale Vista previa limitada - 1994 |
Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity: An Introductory Essay Charles Martindale Sin vista previa disponible - 1994 |
Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity: An Introductory Essay Michelle Martindale Sin vista previa disponible - 1994 |
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