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Tony Harrison and Rome
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Tony Harrison’s school study of Latin was a central part of the Leeds Grammar School education that created tensions with his working-class roots. At the University of Leeds, he began a doctoral thesis on translations of Virgil. This chapter traces Tony Harrison’s engagement with Roman literature and culture in, for example, the translations of Catullus and Martial and his many allusions to other Roman poems and plays. The chapter demonstrates that this engagement shows features characteristic of Harrison’s work as a whole: pillorying and defiance of oppressive political authority, fascination with ancient spectacle, and an impressive range of literary allusion.
Title: Tony Harrison and Rome
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Tony Harrison’s school study of Latin was a central part of the Leeds Grammar School education that created tensions with his working-class roots.
At the University of Leeds, he began a doctoral thesis on translations of Virgil.
This chapter traces Tony Harrison’s engagement with Roman literature and culture in, for example, the translations of Catullus and Martial and his many allusions to other Roman poems and plays.
The chapter demonstrates that this engagement shows features characteristic of Harrison’s work as a whole: pillorying and defiance of oppressive political authority, fascination with ancient spectacle, and an impressive range of literary allusion.
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