The History of World LiteratureUniversity of knowledge, 1938 - 383 Seiten |
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... human race , therefore , as is talking . The whole purpose of literature is to make it possible for the author who has fine things to say and who says them well to speak to readers miles away or centuries after him . " Consider , " said ...
... human race , therefore , as is talking . The whole purpose of literature is to make it possible for the author who has fine things to say and who says them well to speak to readers miles away or centuries after him . " Consider , " said ...
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... human nature as it is . " Sophocles declared that he himself drew " men as they should be drawn in tragedy , " clearly , fully characterized , but idealized enough to inspire the audience . Euripides is spoken of as representing Greek ...
... human nature as it is . " Sophocles declared that he himself drew " men as they should be drawn in tragedy , " clearly , fully characterized , but idealized enough to inspire the audience . Euripides is spoken of as representing Greek ...
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... human things deserves this name , because the shadow is always altering , and ends on a sudden : and as the shadow , when it is at length , and can increase no farther , is nearest to the end ; so temporal goods , and human fortunes ...
... human things deserves this name , because the shadow is always altering , and ends on a sudden : and as the shadow , when it is at length , and can increase no farther , is nearest to the end ; so temporal goods , and human fortunes ...
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INTRODUCTION vii | 13 |
GREEK LITERATURE | 33 |
LATIN LITERATURE | 53 |
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