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William Meredith Carroll. In the third century A.D. appeared four works on
animals : two poems in Greek – Cynegetica , consisting of four books on hunting ,
and Halieutica , consisting of five books on fishing - by Oppian ; " Collectanea
Rerum ...
William Meredith Carroll. In the third century A.D. appeared four works on
animals : two poems in Greek – Cynegetica , consisting of four books on hunting ,
and Halieutica , consisting of five books on fishing - by Oppian ; " Collectanea
Rerum ...
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The romances drew their animal lore chiefly from ancient Greek and Roman
mythology and from Aesopic material . The conflict in which a knight overcame a
dragon , a lion , or some other beast is well known as a conventional incident in
the ...
The romances drew their animal lore chiefly from ancient Greek and Roman
mythology and from Aesopic material . The conflict in which a knight overcame a
dragon , a lion , or some other beast is well known as a conventional incident in
the ...
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In a piece of literary criticism , he contrasts what he seems to consider the
barbarous rudeness of that versification which did not follow Greek models with
the excellence of Greek poetry . Even here he employs conventional animal
imagery to ...
In a piece of literary criticism , he contrasts what he seems to consider the
barbarous rudeness of that versification which did not follow Greek models with
the excellence of Greek poetry . Even here he employs conventional animal
imagery to ...
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| Title | Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
| Author | William Meredith Carroll |
| Publisher | Bookman Associates, 1954 |
| Length | 166 pages |
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