Title Backgrounds of European literature; the political, social, and intellectual development behind the great books of Western civilization / by Rod W. Horton [and] Vincent F. Hopper.

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Description	462 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series	Appleton-Century handbooks of literature
	Appleton-Century handbooks of literature.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographies.
Contents	1. Our cultural heritage -- pt. 1. Classicism: -- 2. Hellenism: the Greek spirit -- 3. Greek historical background -- 4. Greek religion -- 5. Greek myths and legends -- 6. Athenian democracy in the Golden Age (500-322 B.C.) -- 7. Development of the Greek drama -- 8. Greek philosophy before Socrates -- 9. Roman spirit -- 10. Roman history -- 11. Roman culture -- pt. 2. Hebraism: -- 12. Chosen people -- 13. Early Christianity -- pt. 3. Medieval fusion: -- 14. Gothic contribution -- 15. Germanic religion, mythology, and legend -- 16. Height of the Middle Ages -- pt. 4. Modern spirit: -- 17. Renaissance -- 18. Neo-classicism -- 19. Rationalism and romanticism -- 20. German eclecticism (1740-1870): the search for a nation -- 21. Post-Napoleonic France: the rise of naturalism -- 22. Russia -- 23. Fin de siècle: the eve of World War I.
Subject	Civilization, Western.
	Civilization, Western.
Added Author	Hopper, Vincent F. (Vincent Foster), 1906-1976.