Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity

Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity
ISBN-10
0199684782
ISBN-13
9780199684786
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
281
Language
English
Published
2013-09-05
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Colin Burrow

Description

This book explains for students and scholars the nature and extent of Shakespeare's classical learning. It shows why Ben Jonson was wrong to claim that he had 'small Latin and less Greek', and demonstrates that Shakespeare acquired the central foundations of his art from his classical reading. It explores in detail his relationship to Virgil, Ovid, Plautus, Terence, Seneca, and Plutarch, as well as showing how his beliefs about and attitudes towards classicalliterature changed in the course of his career.

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