Conversing With Antiquity English Poets and the Classics, From Shakespeare to Pope

A selection of previously published articles, with a new Introduction, exploring the interaction between English poets of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and those of ancient Greece and Rome, and emphasizing the element of exchange and dialogue between the two.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

David Hopkins is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Bristol.

Zusammenfassung

A selection of previously published articles, with a new Introduction, exploring the interaction between English poets of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and those of ancient Greece and Rome, and emphasizing the element of exchange and dialogue between the two.

Zusatztext

This is very interesting, and perhaps it must be even more interesting to those of us who feel that "a casual perusal of the Latin" is beyond us. The gloss that Hopkins offers is more than welcome to anyone who is interested in studying these poems.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Hopkins, David (Emeritus Professor of English Lite Hopkins, David (Emeritus Professor of English Literature Hopkins
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.11.2014
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Altertum
• EAN: 9780198706960
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870696-0
• Anzahl Seiten: 352
• Serie: Classical Presences; Classical Presences
• Themen: Englisch, Altgriechisch, Literaturwissenschaft: 1600 bis 1800, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter, English, Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean