Critical Essays on Roman Literature: Elegy and LyricJohn Patrick Sullivan |
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... reader is rarely to be found among the readers of popular translations — would that he were ! So it is not a move in the direction of more popularization that we require to bring about a more literary study of the classics . And it is ...
... reader is rarely to be found among the readers of popular translations — would that he were ! So it is not a move in the direction of more popularization that we require to bring about a more literary study of the classics . And it is ...
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... reader . Then , but only then , we inevitably contrast Arcadia with New York City . The pastoral poet , through delicate references , may recall the actual world , or he may stick entirely to his bucolic realm and leave the real world ...
... reader . Then , but only then , we inevitably contrast Arcadia with New York City . The pastoral poet , through delicate references , may recall the actual world , or he may stick entirely to his bucolic realm and leave the real world ...
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... reader to oppose Arcadia to reality . This comparison , general for the general reader , is Virgil's goal . But for Tibullus the countryside may be blurred and indefinite , because it is merely his own , private , personal background ...
... reader to oppose Arcadia to reality . This comparison , general for the general reader , is Virgil's goal . But for Tibullus the countryside may be blurred and indefinite , because it is merely his own , private , personal background ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION J P Sullivan Lincoln College page | 1 |
ME EX VERSICULIS MEIS PARUM PUDICUM | 15 |
DOCTE CATULLE K F Quinn University of | 31 |
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