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Zusatztext a valuable collection of essays that displays the rich mix of creative classicism in eighteenth-century Britain. Informationen zum Autor David Hopkins is Emeritus Professor of English Literature and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. His teaching and research interests have largely been focused on English poetry and literary criticism of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (especially Milton, Cowley, Dryden, Pope, and Johnson) and on English/Classical literary relations.Charles Martindale is Emeritus Professor of Latin and Dean of Arts at the University of Bristol. His research interests are wide-ranging, with a particular commitment to cross-disciplinary research. He is interested in Latin poetry (particularly Catullus, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Lucan) and its reception, especially in English literature. Klappentext OHCREL offers an investigation of the many diverse ways in which literary texts of the classical world have been responded to and refashioned by English writers. Covering English literature from the early Middle Ages to the present, it both synthesizes existing scholarship and presents new research. This third volume covers the years 1660-1790. Zusammenfassung OHCREL offers an investigation of the many diverse ways in which literary texts of the classical world have been responded to and refashioned by English writers. Covering English literature from the early Middle Ages to the present, it both synthesizes existing scholarship and presents new research. This third volume covers the years 1660-1790. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface List of Contributors 1: David Hopkins and Charles Martindale: Introduction 2: Penelope Wilson: The Place of Classics in Education and Publishing 3: Charles Martindale: Milton s Classicism 4: Tom Mason: Dryden s Classicism 5: Paul Davis: Latin Epic 6: David Hopkins: Homer 7: David Hopkins: Ovid 8: Dan Hooley: Satire and Epigram 9: Robin Sowerby: Horatianiasm 10: Juan Christian Pellicer: Georgic and Pastoral 11: Fred Parker: Burlesque and Mock Epic 12: Philip Smallwood: Literary Criticism 13: Martin Priestman: Didactic and Scientific Poetry 14: Bruce Redford: The epistolary Tradition 15: Malcolm Kelsall: The Classics and Eighteenth-Century Theatre 16: Jayne Lewis: The Fabular Tradition 17: Penelope Wilson: Women Writers and the Classics 18: David Fairer: Lyric and Elegy 19: Henry Power: The Classics in the English Novel 20: Philip Hicks: The Ancient Historians in England 21: Adam Potkay: Discursive and Philosophical Prose 22: Freya Johnston: Samuel Johnson's Classicism Bibliography Index ...
