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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... argues that his enquiries into the compositional methods of Renaissance poets have no such implications : ' the result cannot possibly make a line of their poetry ... either more or less great . It can merely throw interesting and ...
... argues that his enquiries into the compositional methods of Renaissance poets have no such implications : ' the result cannot possibly make a line of their poetry ... either more or less great . It can merely throw interesting and ...
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... 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 Shakespeare's presentation of the Roman world , and ...
... 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 Shakespeare's presentation of the Roman world , and ...
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... arguing at cross purposes . For example , Housman contrasts the disciplined Milton , ' steeped through and through with ... argues that ' Shakespeare was every bit as classical as Milton ' , citing some famous lines from Othello's speech ...
... arguing at cross purposes . For example , Housman contrasts the disciplined Milton , ' steeped through and through with ... argues that ' Shakespeare was every bit as classical as Milton ' , citing some famous lines from Othello's speech ...
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... argue that Shakespeare was part of the general culture of Western Europe descending from Rome ( unlike , say , Langland ) . As Chesterton puts it , ' the classical tradition ... was the popular thing , the common thing ; even the vulgar ...
... argue that Shakespeare was part of the general culture of Western Europe descending from Rome ( unlike , say , Langland ) . As Chesterton puts it , ' the classical tradition ... was the popular thing , the common thing ; even the vulgar ...
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... argues that Shakespeare had little knowledge of Latin works , was wrong in some of his conclusions but right in many of his methods ; he was the first to address the problem as one of historical scholarship . He established the ...
... argues that Shakespeare had little knowledge of Latin works , was wrong in some of his conclusions but right in many of his methods ; he was the first to address the problem as one of historical scholarship . He established the ...
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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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