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Lectures on British Neoclassic Literature

Lectures on British Neoclassic Literature

Beginning in 1660 and ending in 1785, the Neoclassic Period in literature includes such great literary works as Jonathan Swift’s GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, Alexander Pope’s THE RAPE OF THE LOCK, and William Congreve’s THE WAY OF THE WORLD. This lecture book is intended primarily as a resource for [...]

Rising from the Ruins: Roman Antiquities in Neoclassic Literature

Rising from the Ruins: Roman Antiquities in Neoclassic Literature

The neoclassic tendency to write about the ruins of Rome was both an attempt to recapture the grandeur of the ‘golden age’ of man as well as a lament for the passing of a great civilization. John Dyer, who wrote ‘The Ruins of [...]