Classicism
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The rise of formal satire in England under classical influence
The classics in paraphrase
Matthew Arnold and the classical tradition
The Didactic Muse
Classica Americana
Reading the classics with C.S. Lewis
Probability and literary form
The classical age of German literature, 1740-1815
The mirror of antiquity
Classical culture and modern masculinity
Literary meaning and Augustan values
The sources of Spenser's classical mythology
The peace of the Augustans
The Mythographic art
Blood for the ghosts
The refining fire
The art of poetry, 1750-1820
Stateliest measures
The formation of English neo-classical thought
Classical rhetoric in English poetry
Morales du grand siècle
The classical moment
Adam Smith and the classics
Who killed Homer?
Gendering classicism
Novel and romance
Bread & circuses
Classical and Christian ideas in English Renaissance poetry
The daring muse
Milton's Biblical and classical imagery
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