The Aeneid
June 28, 2021
Susanna Braund— The Aeneid tells the story of the foundation of Rome by colonists from the East, refugees from the city of Troy in Asia Minor (modern Turkey) after it was… READ MORE
Tag: classic literature
George Eliot vs. Shakespeare’s Empathetic Imagination
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Paula Marantz Cohen— Before I ever read Shakespeare, I read George Eliot. I was inspired to study Victorian literature by George Eliot’s novel, Middlemarch. I love all Eliot’s work, and I especially… READ MORE
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