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<p><b>From one of our most eminent and accessible literary critics, a groundbreaking account of how the Greek and Roman classics forged Shakespeare’s imagination</b><br><br>Ben Jonson famously accused Shakespeare of having “small Latin and less Greek.” But he was exaggerating. Shakespeare was steeped in the classics. Shaped by his grammar school education in Roman literature, history, and rhetoric, he moved to London, a city that modeled itself on ancient Rome. He worked in a theatrical professi

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Author

Bate, Jonathan

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691161600

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

History, Literary Collections, Shakespeare

Rating

4.4 / 5 (84 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14