COLT 1430K - The Classical Tradition in English Poetry

Institution:

Brown University

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Description:

We will read a number of famous short poems in Greek and Latin in conjunction with the major English writers who later translated, imitated, and reworked them. The class will be arranged by genre, and we will focus on the georgic, epistle, idyll, and epigram, in both ancient and modern guises. We will read Horace, Theocritus, Virgil, Dryden, Pope, Tennyson, and others.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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