Classical Literature and its Reception
An Anthology
1. Edition November 2006
552 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4051-1293-2
John Wiley & Sons
This anthology presents a selection of works that
illustrates the traffic between British poetry and classical
literature.
* Gives readers the classical background they need in order to
really appreciate British poetry.
* Divided into two halves - the first half presenting a
selection of the best British poems, and the second presenting
relevant classical works in translation.
* Notes and introductions highlight the connections between
British works and their classical forebears.
"Anyone seeking a single volume reader on the connections between English and classical literature need look no further. The editors have made a varied and representative choice of texts, which will provide students with a gateway to a tradition of extraordinary richness and fascination." Charles Martindale, University of Bristol
"An unusual and imaginative anthology. This refreshingly conceived volume makes vivid to English readers an important selection of both English and classical poets, and shows the deep relationships between them in a manner that bypasses the academic perspectives of 'influence studies.'" Claude Rawson, Yale University
"No matter where the reader chances to open the Anthology, he or she will be assisted in understanding and appreciating both the modern selections in the first half of the book and their classical sources in the second."
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Laudable and respresentative anthology which does an effective job of showing ... how English poetry is indebted to classical models ... .New and interesting material." Notes and Queries
"An unusual and imaginative anthology. This refreshingly conceived volume makes vivid to English readers an important selection of both English and classical poets, and shows the deep relationships between them in a manner that bypasses the academic perspectives of 'influence studies.'" Claude Rawson, Yale University
"No matter where the reader chances to open the Anthology, he or she will be assisted in understanding and appreciating both the modern selections in the first half of the book and their classical sources in the second."
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Laudable and respresentative anthology which does an effective job of showing ... how English poetry is indebted to classical models ... .New and interesting material." Notes and Queries
Robert DeMaria, Jr. is the Henry Noble McCracken Professor
of English and Chair of the Department at Vassar College. His
recent publications include Samuel Johnson and the Life of
Reading (1997) and British Literature 1640-1789: An
Anthology (Second Edition, Blackwell Publishing, 2001).
Robert D. Brown is Professor of Classics at Vassar
College on the Sarah Miles Raynor Chair. He is the author of
Lucretius on Love and Sex (1987) and articles on a range of
Roman authors including Lucretius, Caesar, Virgil, Horace, Livy,
and Ovid.
of English and Chair of the Department at Vassar College. His
recent publications include Samuel Johnson and the Life of
Reading (1997) and British Literature 1640-1789: An
Anthology (Second Edition, Blackwell Publishing, 2001).
Robert D. Brown is Professor of Classics at Vassar
College on the Sarah Miles Raynor Chair. He is the author of
Lucretius on Love and Sex (1987) and articles on a range of
Roman authors including Lucretius, Caesar, Virgil, Horace, Livy,
and Ovid.