T J B Spencer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5719262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | T J B Spencer |
| GIVEN NAMES | T J B |
| FAMILY NAME | Spencer |
| SIGNATURE | SPENCER T J B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘Greeks’ and ‘Merrygreeks’
A few years ago, in a book which demonstrates the contribution of the classics to the literatures of modern Europe, an eminent classical scholar described Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida as a "distant, ignorant, and unconvincing caricature of Greece." Timon of Athens is still more outrageous as a representation of society in that city at the height of its civilization, when it was the "educator of Hellas." Most students nowadays gain their imp…
Shakespeare's Plutarch
From Petrarch to Leonardo Bruni
From Petrarch to Leonardo Bruni
Petrarch, Scipio and the ‘Africa’—The Birth of Humanism's Dream
Petrarch, Scipio and the ‘Africa’—The Birth of Humanism's Dream
Robert Wood and the Problem of Troy in the Eighteenth Century
Robert Wood and the Problem of Troy in the Eighteenth Century
Petrarch, Scipio and the ‘Africa’—The Birth of Humanism's Dream
Petrarch, Scipio and the ‘Africa’—The Birth of Humanism's Dream
From Petrarch to Leonardo Bruni
From Petrarch to Leonardo Bruni
Shakespeare's Plutarch
‘Greeks’ and ‘Merrygreeks’
A few years ago, in a book which demonstrates the contribution of the classics to the literatures of modern Europe, an eminent classical scholar described Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida as a "distant, ignorant, and unconvincing caricature of Greece." Timon of Athens is still more outrageous as a representation of society in that city at the height of its civilization, when it was the "educator of Hellas." Most students nowadays gain their imp…
Art (7 works) · Literature (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Architecture and Art History Studies (2 works) · Dream (2 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History of Science and Medicine (2 works) · Humanism (2 works)