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Literary Criticism
Most of the literary theorists and critics of classical antiquity who are still studied today – Plato, Aristotle, ‘Longinus’, and a few others – are Greeks. The Romans, who by reputation came late to literature and lacked a theoretical cast of mind, are not generally accorded a prominent place in the development of this discourse. Indeed, few surviving Roman texts address as their main topic th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Children's Literature Association Quarterly
سال: 1985
ISSN: 1553-1201
DOI: 10.1353/chq.0.0139