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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... look at three long - discussed issues : the extent of Shakespeare's classical knowledge , the doctrine of imitation , and the influence of Seneca on English Renaissance drama ; we resist the modern tendency both to exaggerate ...
... look at three long - discussed issues : the extent of Shakespeare's classical knowledge , the doctrine of imitation , and the influence of Seneca on English Renaissance drama ; we resist the modern tendency both to exaggerate ...
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... look through This whole book , thou shalt find he doth not borrow One phrase from Greeks , nor Latins imitate , Nor once from vulgar languages translate ... So have I seen when Caesar would appear ... how the audience Were ravished ...
... look through This whole book , thou shalt find he doth not borrow One phrase from Greeks , nor Latins imitate , Nor once from vulgar languages translate ... So have I seen when Caesar would appear ... how the audience Were ravished ...
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... look - out for material he could use for his own work . He knew some foreign languages , but often preferred to use translations ; he did not necessarily read books all the way through ; like all his contemporaries - like most scholars ...
... look - out for material he could use for his own work . He knew some foreign languages , but often preferred to use translations ; he did not necessarily read books all the way through ; like all his contemporaries - like most scholars ...
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... , no great recognition of a gulf to be bridged , but rather a robust type of classicism which cements Rome on to the vernacular . In the remainder of this section we will look at some examples of 14 SHAKESPEARE AND THE USES OF ANTIQUITY.
... , no great recognition of a gulf to be bridged , but rather a robust type of classicism which cements Rome on to the vernacular . In the remainder of this section we will look at some examples of 14 SHAKESPEARE AND THE USES OF ANTIQUITY.
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An Introductory Essay Michelle Martindale. der of this section we will look at some examples of different types of imitation in Shakespeare . Imitatio of Plot It is well known that The Comedy of Errors , a ' learned ' play of a kind to ...
An Introductory Essay Michelle Martindale. der of this section we will look at some examples of different types of imitation in Shakespeare . Imitatio of Plot It is well known that The Comedy of Errors , a ' learned ' play of a kind to ...
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SHAKESPEARES OVID | 45 |
SHAKESPEARES TROY | 91 |
SHAKESPEARES ROME | 121 |
SHAKESPEARES STOICISM | 165 |
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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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