English literature and ancient languages

Description:

"English Literature and Ancient Languages is a study of the literary uses of languages contact, of English literature in conjunction with Latin and Greek. The book's emphasis is literary, that is formal and verbal, and its goal is to discover how social interests and cultural ideals are, and are not, mediated through language."--Jacket.

subjects: Civilization, Ancient, in literature,  Classical and English,  Classical influences,  Classicism,  Classicism in literature,  Comparative Literature,  English and classical,  English language,  English literature,  Foreign elements,  Greek,  Language and languages in literature,  Latin,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European

Places: Great Britain