The classical tradition : Greek and Roman influences on Western literature

The classical tradition : Greek and Roman influences on Western literature / by Gilbert Highet ; with a new foreword by Harold Bloom.

Author/creator	Highet, Gilbert, 1906-1978 author.
Other author/creator	Bloom, Harold writer of foreword.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Copyright Notice	©2015
Description	xl, 763 pages ; 21 cm
Subject(s)	Comparative literature--Classical and modern. Comparative literature--Modern and classical.

Contents	The Dark Ages : English literature -- The Middle Ages : French literature -- Dante and pagan antiquity -- Towards the Renaissance : Petrarch, Boccaccio, Chaucer -- The Renaissance : translation -- The Renaissance : drama -- The Renaissance : epic -- The Renaissance : pastoral and romance -- Rabelais and Montaigne -- Shakespeare's classics -- The Renaissance and afterwards : lyric poetry -- Transition -- The battle of the books -- A note on Baroque -- Baroque tragedy -- Satire -- Baroque prose -- The time of revolution -- Parnassus and antichrist -- A century of scholarship -- The symbolist poets and James Joyce -- The reinterpretation of the myths.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 550-705) and index.
ISBN	9780199377695 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN	0199377693 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PN883 .H54 2015	✔ Available	Place Hold