Literary satire assumes three main forms: monologue, parody, and narrative (some fictional, some dramatic). This book by Gilbert Highet is a study of these forms, their meaning, their variation, their powers. Its scope is the range of satirical literature...
In the Aeneid men, women, gods, and goddesses are characterized by the speeches assigned to them far more than by descriptions of their appearance or behavior. Most of the speeches are highly emotional and individualized, reminding us of the most powerful...
In the Aeneid men, women, gods, and goddesses are characterized by the speeches assigned to them far more than by descriptions of their appearance or behavior. Most of the speeches are highly emotional and individualized, reminding us of the most powerful...
Literary satire assumes three main forms: monologue, parody, and narrative (some fictional, some dramatic). This book by Gilbert Highet is a study of these forms, their meaning, their variation, their powers. Its scope is the range of satirical literature...
¿Qué debe nuestro mundo contemporáneo al mundo de Grecia y Roma? ¿Qué lazo nos une con Homero y Virgilio, con Píndaro y Horacio, con Cicerón y Plutarco? Los hombres del Renacimiento no necesitaban pregunt&a...
Todo libro en que se pueden encontrar nuevos intereses y nuevas ideas está vivo aunque se haya escrito hace muchos siglos. Comprender esto equivale a abrir un universo más vasto ante nuestro espíritu. La diferencia entre un hombre...