Gilbert Highet

Classical Tradition

Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A monumental work of literary scholarship, reissued with a legacy-establishing foreword by Harold Bloom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 808
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 136mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 849g
• ISBN-13: 9780199377695
• ISBN-10: 0199377693
• Artikelnr.: 47868638

Autorenporträt

Gilbert Highet(1906-1978) was Professor of Greek and Latin and Anthon Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Columbia University (1938-43, 1946-71), as well as the author of eight books. Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of Humanities, Yale University, and author of numerous volumes of literary criticism.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Dark Ages: English Literature
Chapter 3: The Middle Ages: French Literature
Chapter 4: Dante and Pagan Antiquity
Chapter 5: Towards the Renaissance: Petrarch, Boccaccio, Chaucer
Chapter 6: The Renaissance: Translation
Chapter 7: The Renaissance: Drama
Chapter 8: The Renaissance: Epic
Chapter 9: The Renaissance: Pastoral and Romance
Chapter 10: Rabelais and Montaigne
Chapter 11: Shakespeare
Chapter 12: The Renaissance and Afterwards: Lyric Poetry
Chapter 13: Transition
Chapter 14: The Battle of the Books
Chapter 15: A Note on Baroque