Rudd, Niall.

Classical Tradition in Operation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (199 pages) - Robson Classical Lectures . - Robson Classical Lectures .

Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- 1 Chaucer and Virgil: Two Portraits of Dido -- 2 Shakespeare and Plautus: Two Twin Comedies -- 3 Pope and Horace: Two Epistles to Augustus -- 4 Tennyson and Lucretius: Two Attitudes to Atomism -- 5 Pound and Propertius: Two Former Moderns -- APPENDIX: Professor Hale and Homage as a Document of Cultural Transition -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

In his preface Rudd writes: 'Everyone knows of the Classical Tradition - comprehending it is another matter.' This book brings it closer to our understanding.

9781442673007


English literature-Roman influences.
English literature-History and criticism.
Comparative literature-English and Latin.
Comparative literature-Latin and English.
Classicism-Great Britain.
Rome-In literature.


Electronic books.

PR127 .R833 1994

821.009142