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Author Lord, George deForest, 1919-2012

Title Classical presences in seventeenth-century English poetry / George deForest Lord.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [1987]
©1987

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  821.9 L88    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  821.4 LORD    Check Shelf
Description viii, 224 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 207-216.
Note Includes index.
Contents ch. 1. Chapman's Renaissance Homer -- ch. 2. Pretexts and subtexts in Milton's Renaissance Homer -- ch. 3. Milton's translation of epic conventions -- ch. 4. Andrew Marvell and the Virgilian triad -- ch. 5. Satire and sedition -- ch. 6. Dryden, the new Virgil -- ch. 7. Homeric mockery in Milton and Pope -- ch. 8. The erosion of the tradition.
Subject English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Epic poetry, English -- Classical influences.
Mock-heroic literature -- History and criticism.
Classical poetry -- History and criticism.
Aesthetics, Modern -- 17th century.
Classicism -- England.
Indexed Term Poetry in English, 1625-1702 - Critical studies
ISBN 0300038151 alkaline paper
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