Classical Literature and its Reception - DeMaria Jr., Robert / Brown, Robert D. (eds.)
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Many present-day readers of literature in English have little background knowledge of classical literature and therefore find it hard to appreciate the relationship between the two traditions. This anthology presents a selection of works from British, Irish, and Caribbean writers that illustrates the traffic between poetry in English and in Greek and Latin. It gives readers the background they need in order to really appreciate English-language poetry influenced by the classical tradition, and it provides those already familiar with classical works with reflections of Greek and Latin authors in English.…mehr

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Many present-day readers of literature in English have little background knowledge of classical literature and therefore find it hard to appreciate the relationship between the two traditions. This anthology presents a selection of works from British, Irish, and Caribbean writers that illustrates the traffic between poetry in English and in Greek and Latin. It gives readers the background they need in order to really appreciate English-language poetry influenced by the classical tradition, and it provides those already familiar with classical works with reflections of Greek and Latin authors in English.
Autorenporträt
Robert DeMaria, Jr. is the Henry Noble McCracken Professor of English and Chair of the Department at Vassar College. His recent publications include Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading (1997) and British Literature 1640-1789: An Anthology (Second Edition, Blackwell Publishing, 2001). Robert D. Brown is Professor of Classics at Vassar College on the Sarah Miles Raynor Chair. He is the author of Lucretius on Love and Sex (1987) and articles on a range of Roman authors including Lucretius, Caesar, Virgil, Horace, Livy, and Ovid.
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"Anyone seeking a single volume reader on the connections betweenEnglish and classical literature need look no further. The editorshave made a varied and representative choice of texts, which willprovide students with a gateway to a tradition of extraordinaryrichness and fascination." Charles Martindale, University ofBristol

"An unusual and imaginative anthology. This refreshinglyconceived volume makes vivid to English readers an importantselection of both English and classical poets, and shows the deeprelationships between them in a manner that bypasses the academicperspectives of 'influence studies.'" Claude Rawson, YaleUniversity

"No matter where the reader chances to open the Anthology,he or she will be assisted in understanding and appreciating boththe modern selections in the first half of the book and theirclassical sources in the second."
Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"Laudable and respresentative anthology which does aneffective job of showing ... how English poetry is indebted toclassical models ... .New and interesting material."Notes and Queries