Critical Essays on Roman Literature: Elegy and LyricJohn Patrick Sullivan |
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... writing about them- selves and not for a patron , some emotional warmth in the Italian temperament that the more coolly rational Greek lacked ( it is easy to suggest causes , hard to be sure one has the right ones ) this became soon at ...
... writing about them- selves and not for a patron , some emotional warmth in the Italian temperament that the more coolly rational Greek lacked ( it is easy to suggest causes , hard to be sure one has the right ones ) this became soon at ...
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... writing of elegy can , as here , be described both as writing in a limited , polished style ( the image of the potter's or turner's wheel is one of many used to contrast less expansive poetic forms with epic ) and as writing of one's ...
... writing of elegy can , as here , be described both as writing in a limited , polished style ( the image of the potter's or turner's wheel is one of many used to contrast less expansive poetic forms with epic ) and as writing of one's ...
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... writing of light and sometimes amorous verse on a level with attending mimes and comedies , and with reading lyric poetry . His own writing he justified by the authority of the good and illustrious men who had done the same . Asserting ...
... writing of light and sometimes amorous verse on a level with attending mimes and comedies , and with reading lyric poetry . His own writing he justified by the authority of the good and illustrious men who had done the same . Asserting ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION J P Sullivan Lincoln College page I | 13 |
DOCTE CATULLE K F Quinn University of 31 | 31 |
Tersus atque elEGANS J P Elder | 65 |
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