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Classical Influences on English Poetry : The Heroic Tradition - Didactic Poetry - Comedy - Tragedy - Lyric - Elegy - Pastoral - Satire - Epigram (ENGLISH LITERATURE, CLASSICS, LITERARY CRITICISM)
by Thomson, J. A. K
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New York: Collier Books. As New. 1962. Paperback. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 254 pages -- Pages are intact and tight to the spine. From the description on the back cover: " This book provides a comprehensive picture of ancient poetic themes and patterns and what they have meant to the most eminent English authors. Professor Thomson describe in turn each of the classical poetic forms, from the epic to the epigram. Using illustrative samples - delightful reading in themselves - he illuminates their broad characteristics and particular flavor, and sketches their new, often surprising transmutations as they were used by English men of letters - creatively, imitatively, or eccentrically." -- with a bonus offer--; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .
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- Title
- Classical Influences on English Poetry : The Heroic Tradition - Didactic Poetry - Comedy - Tragedy - Lyric - Elegy - Pastoral - Satire - Epigram (ENGLISH LITERATURE, CLASSICS, LITERARY CRITICISM)
- Author
- Thomson, J. A. K
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- Paperback
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- Collier Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
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- Thomson, J. A. K. Classical Influences On English Poetry :, CLASSICS, Literary Criticism), Collectible
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