Wit's Treasury: Renaissance England and the Classics

by Stephen Orgel

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As England entered the Renaissance and as humanism, with its focus on classical literature and philosophy, informed the educational system, English intellectuals engaged in a concerted effort to remake the culture, language, manners--indeed, the whole national style--through adapting the classics. But how could English literature, art, and culture, become classical, not only in imitating the ancients, but in the sense subsequently applied to music:...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0812253272

ISBN13:9780812253276

Release Date:August 2021

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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