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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... less great . It can merely throw interesting and important light on how they attained their results . On literary appreciation itself such matters have little or no direct bearing ' ( vol.2 , p.453 ) . Admittedly to say that ' dusky Dis ...
... less great . It can merely throw interesting and important light on how they attained their results . On literary appreciation itself such matters have little or no direct bearing ' ( vol.2 , p.453 ) . Admittedly to say that ' dusky Dis ...
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... less that it affords the only frame of reference for discussing his works . Thus there is no sense in which Stoicism provides a uniquely authoritative focus for responses to particular plays . All we claim is that on occasion some ...
... less that it affords the only frame of reference for discussing his works . Thus there is no sense in which Stoicism provides a uniquely authoritative focus for responses to particular plays . All we claim is that on occasion some ...
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... less Greek ' ( 31 ) Shakespeare surpassed not only all previous English poets , but also all the classical writers both of tragedy and of comedy - from Jonson a remarkable compliment . The tone is judicious - Jonson will not deny what ...
... less Greek ' ( 31 ) Shakespeare surpassed not only all previous English poets , but also all the classical writers both of tragedy and of comedy - from Jonson a remarkable compliment . The tone is judicious - Jonson will not deny what ...
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... less Greek ' ought to imply that Shakespeare had some Greek , perhaps enough to struggle through easy texts like the New Testament . According to Nicholas Rowe's Life ( 1709 ) , Shakespeare went to ' free - school ' ' for some time ...
... less Greek ' ought to imply that Shakespeare had some Greek , perhaps enough to struggle through easy texts like the New Testament . According to Nicholas Rowe's Life ( 1709 ) , Shakespeare went to ' free - school ' ' for some time ...
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... less would read " Tully's Offices ' ( Cicero's De Officiis ) in English . Juan Luis Vives ( 1492– 1540 ) , the Spanish educationalist , recommended the story of Lucretia in Livy for the young princess Mary both for delight and to teach ...
... less would read " Tully's Offices ' ( Cicero's De Officiis ) in English . Juan Luis Vives ( 1492– 1540 ) , the Spanish educationalist , recommended the story of Lucretia in Livy for the young princess Mary both for delight and to teach ...
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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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