The “wide gap of time” between those happy occasions and this long-gestated book is due to a combination of the pressure of other commitments and the realization that I had far more to say on the topic than was possible in the brief span of three lectures. For comments, suggestions, and encouragement, I am grateful to the members of the Institute and others in the audience. Gombrich Lectures in the Classical Tradition that I delivered in the autumn of 2013 at the Warburg Institute of the University of London, under the title “Ancient Strength: Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition.” For the invitation, I would like to thank my dear friend Professor Peter Mack, who was at that time Director of the Warburg, and Al Bertrand of the European division of Princeton University Press. Ricardo Luckett Paulo Hartle Petro Holland ob eruditionem et amicitiam et in memoriam Francisci Kermode 90 7 But What of Cicero? 106 8 Pyrrhus’s Pause 126 9 The Good Life 146 10 The Defence of Phantasms 160 11 An Infirmity Named Hereos 185 12 The Labours of Hercules 210 13 Walking Shadows 232 14 In the House of Fame 252 Appendix: The Elizabethan Virgil 277 Notes 285 Index 349
Preface and Acknowledgments ix Illustrations xiii 1 The Intelligence of Antiquity 1 2ģ Resemblance by Example 36 4 Republica Anglorum 48 5 Courtesy of Shutterstock This book has been composed in Minion and Trajan Printed on acid-free paper. Published by Princeton University Press 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TR All Rights Reserved LCCN: 2018957530 ISBN: 9780691161600 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available Editorial: Ben Tate, Hannah Paul, and Charlie Allen Production Editorial: Natalie Baan Text and Jacket Design: Leslie Flis Production: Erin Suydam Publicity: Jodi Price and Katie Lewis Copyeditor: Hank Southgate Jacket image: Titian, Venus and Adonis, c.
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