The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature

Preface\nAcknowledgements\nContents\nAbbreviations\n1 Introduction\n	The Fall of the Greek and Roman Civilization\n	The Dark Ages\n	The Middle Ages\n	The Renaissance\n2 The Dark Ages: English Literature\n	Anglo-Saxon Poetry\n	Anglo-Saxon Prose\n3 The Middle Ages: French Literature\n	Romances of Chivalrous Adventure\n	Ovid and Romantic Love\n	Philomela\n	The Romance of the Rose\n4 Dante and Pagan Antiquity\n5 Towards the Renaissance: Petrarch, Boccaccio, Chaucer\n	Petrarch\n	Boccaccio\n	Chaucer\n6 The Renaissance: Translation\n	Translation\n	Translation in the Western European Countries\n	Epic\n	History\n	Philosophy\n	Drama\n	Oratory\n	Smaller Works\n7 The Renaissance: Drama\n	Debts of Modern Drama to Greece and Rome\n	Classical Playwrights Who Survived to Influence Modern Drama\n	Translations of Latin and Greek Plays\n	Imitations of Classical Drama in Latin\n	Emulation of Classical Drama in Modern Languages\n	Other Aspects of Drama Derived from the Classics\n8 The Renaissance: Epic\n	The Four Chief Types of Epic Poetry in the Renaissance\n	Classical Influences on These Poems\n9 The Renaissance: Pastoral and Romance\n	Pastoral and Romance in the Renaissance\n	Other Expressions of the Pastoral Ideal\n10 Rabelais and Montaigne\n	Rabelais\n	Montaigne\n11 Shakespeare\'s Classics\n	His knowledge of Rome and of Greece\n	The Classical Authors Whom Shakespeare Knew Well\n12 The Renaissance and Afterwards: Lyric Poetry\n	The Classical Models for Modern Lyrics\n	What Modern Lyric Poetry Took from Classical Lyric Poetry\n	The Challenge of Pindar and Responses to It\n	Horace\n	Lyrical Poetry in the Revolutionary Era\n13 Transition\n14 The Battle of the Books\n	The Chief Arguments Used by the Moderns\n	Preconceptions behind These Arguments\n	Chronological Survey of the Battle\n	Results of the Battle\n15 A Note on Baroque\n16 Baroque Tragedy\n	The failure of Baroque Tragedy\n17 Satire\n	Verse Satire Based on Roman Satire\n	The Renaissance\n18 Baroque Prose\n	Prose Style\n	Fiction\n	History\n19 The Time of Revolution\n	1 Introduction\n		What did Greece mean to the men of the revolutionary age?\n	2 Germany\n	3 France and the United States\n		Classical influences were a leading factor in the French Revolution.\n		Parallel Expressions in the American Revolution\n		French Literature of the Revolution\n		The Heir of the Revolution: Victor Hugo\n	4 England\n	5 Italy\n		Alfieri\n		Foscolo\n		Leopardi\n	6 Conclusion\n20 Parnassus and Antichrist\n	Parnassus: Its Ideals\n	Antichrist: The Chief Arguments against Christianity\n	Christian Counter-Propaganda in Popular Novels\n21 A Century of Scholarship\n	Reasons for the Increase\n	Translations of Classical Books\n	Education\n	Reasons for the Decline\n	The Failure of Classical Teaching and the Responsibility of the Scholar\n22 The Symbolist Poets and James Joyce\n	How These Writers Try to Use Classical Forms\n	How They Use Classical Legends\n	Surnrnary\n23 The Reinterpretation of the Myths\n	Philosophical and Psychological Interpretations\n	Literary Transformations of the Myths\n24 Conclusion\n	Civilization is not the accumulation of wealth, but the good life of the mind.\nBrief Bibliography\nNotes\n	1 Introduction\n	2 The Dark Ages: English Literature\n	3 The Middle Ages: French Literature\n	4 Dante and Pagan Antiquity\n	5 Towards the Renaissance\n	6 The Renaissance: Translation\n	7 The Renaissance: Drama\n	8 The Renaissance: Epic\n	9 The Renaissance: Pastoral and Romance\n	10 Rabelais and Montaigne\n	11 Shakespeare\'s Classics\n	12 The Renaissance and Afterwards: Lyric Poetry\n	13 Transition\n	14 The Battle of the Books\n	15 A Note on Baroque\n	16 Baroque Tragedy\n	17 Satire\n	18 Baroque Prose\n	19 The Time of Revolution\n	20 Parnassus and Antichrist\n	21 A Century of Scholarship\n	22 The Symbolist Poets and James Joyce\n	23 The Reinterpretation of the Myths\n	24 Conclusion\nIndex\n	A\n	B\n	C\n	D\n	E\n	F\n	G\n	H\n	I\n	J\n	K\n	L\n	M\n	N\n	O\n	P\n	Q\n	R\n	S\n	T\n	U\n	V\n	W\n	X\n	Y\n	Z