Western theatre, history of the Western theatre from its origins in pre-Classical antiquity to the present. For a discussion of drama as a literary form, see dramatic literature and the articles on individual national literatures. For detailed information on the arts of theatrical performance and stagecraft, see theatre, directing, acting, and theatrical production. Notwithstanding its great ...

May 01, 2022 · Simon Goldhill, The Christian invention of time: temporality and the literature of Late Antiquity. Greek culture in the Roman world. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Pp. 516. ISBN 9781316512906. £34.99. John Godwin, Juvenal. ‘Satires’ Book III. Aris and Phillips classical texts.

romance, literary form, usually characterized by its treatment of chivalry, that came into being in France in the mid-12th century. It had antecedents in many prose works from classical antiquity (the so-called Greek romances), but as a distinctive genre it was developed in the context of the aristocratic courts of such patrons as Eleanor of Aquitaine. The Old French word romanz …

In broad terms, to study classics is to learn of the culture inherent to the period known as classical antiquity – that being, the roughly thousand or so years between Bronze Age of Ancient Greece and the fall of the Roman Empire, and all the literature, language, history, and art therein. From there, you’ll be faced with the almost ...

May 04, 2022 · Transitioning from the dark ages of art and culture, European artists, philosophers, and humanists renewed their interest in Classical antiquity. Like Greco-Roman Classicism, the Italian Renaissance period is hailed for its achievements in literature, architecture, painting, philosophy, technology, sculpture, and science.