The Classical Legacy in Renaissance Poetry (Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library)

By Robin Edward Sowerby

The formative influence of the Graeco-Roman classics was fundamental to the creation of literary culture in the Renaissance. Through detailed analysis, this book illustrates the classical legacy as it was known in the Renaissance. It then shows how that legacy was received in translation, transformed in imitation and put to creative uses by Renaissance poets working in genres under classical influence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582055482
• ISBN13: 9780582055483
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.8"