Category: Poetry and the Classical Tradition

February 5, 2021

Aeschylus (Part 5)

We here present the final part (Part 5) of the Introduction written by P. E. More for his translation of the “Prometheus Bound” of Aeschylus, published in 1899.

Poetry and the Classical Tradition

January 20, 2021

Aeschylus (Part 4)

We here present the brief Part 4 of the Introduction written by P. E. More for his translation of the Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus, published in 1899.

Poetry and the Classical Tradition

January 1, 2021

Aeschylus (Part 3)

We here present the brief Part 3 of the Introduction written by P. E. More for his translation of the “Prometheus Bound” of Aeschylus, published in 1899.

Poetry and the Classical Tradition

December 5, 2020

Here we present Part 2 of the Introduction written by P. E. More for his translation of the “Prometheus Bound” of Aeschylus, published in 1899. We have returned to our category Poetry and the Classical Tradition after having completed our presentation of More’s essay on one of the most subjective and unclassical of authors, James Joyce.

Poetry and the Classical Tradition

November 12, 2020

Aeschylus (Part 1)

(Pictured: Aeschylus.) The following is the Introduction written by P. E. More for his translation of the Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus, published in 1899. We are therefore returning to Poetry and the Classical Tradition...

Poetry and the Classical Tradition

October 20, 2018

Poetry and the Common Language

(Pictured: Aristotle.) The previous post presented the concluding text of “Romantic Morality: The Ideal,” constituting Chapter IV of Irving Babbitt’s Rousseau and Romanticism. Before launching into Chapter V, “Romantic Morality: The Real,” in which...

Poetry and the Classical Tradition

July 19, 2017

The Classical Tradition in Poetry, Chapter VII (Part 3)

Having published my “Apology for Poetry” and much of chapters I, II, V, and VI of Gilbert Murray’s great work, The Classical Tradition in Poetry, I am herewith offering the third of three posts...

Poetry and the Classical Tradition

July 4, 2017

The Classical Tradition in Poetry, Chapter VII (Part 2)

Having published my “Apology for Poetry” and much of chapters I, II, V, and VI of Gilbert Murray’s great work, The Classical Tradition in Poetry, I am herewith offering the second of three posts...

Poetry and the Classical Tradition

June 20, 2017

The Classical Tradition in Poetry, Chapter VII (Part 1)

Having published my “Apology for Poetry” and much of chapters I, II, V, and VI of Gilbert Murray’s great work, The Classical Tradition in Poetry, I am herewith offering the first post of Chapter...

Poetry and the Classical Tradition

June 7, 2017

The Classical Tradition in Poetry, Chapter 6 (Part 4)

Having published my “Apology for Poetry” and much of chapters I, II, and V of Gilbert Murray’s great work, The Classical Tradition in Poetry, I am herewith offering the fourth and concluding post of...