Project Gutenberg 2024-06-10 Public domain in the USA. 148 Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George) 1859 1946 Tucker, Thomas George 07018125 The foreign debt of English literature $aLondon :$bGeorge Bell and Sons, $c1907. The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Foreign Debt of English Literature" by T. G. Tucker is a scholarly publication written in the early 20th century. This text examines the interconnections and influences between English literature and various foreign literary traditions, with a focus on how these external sources have enriched and shaped the English literary landscape. It aims to provide a comparative analysis of literature, highlighting the dependencies and borrowings English writers have made from Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, and other literary cultures throughout history. The opening of the work establishes the premise that a thorough appreciation of English literature must include an understanding of its interactions with other literary traditions. Tucker introduces the concept that English literature did not grow in isolation but rather evolved through significant contributions from authors and works from other cultures, particularly Greek literature, which he asserts is foundational to modern European literary history. He outlines his intention to explore these interdependencies through a series of chapters, beginning with an analysis of Greek literature’s profound impact on English authors such as Chaucer and Shakespeare. By emphasizing the importance of recognizing this literary "debt," Tucker sets the stage for a detailed exploration of literary exchanges that have shaped English literary identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/foreigndebtofen00tuck/page/n5/mode/2up 20220909163225tucker 1907 UK Reading ease score: 59.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Comparative literature English literature -- History and criticism PR Text Category: British Literature 670012 2025-07-29T08:19:54.048416 text/html 613042 2024-06-10T18:36:20 text/html 2813598 2025-07-29T08:20:07.853253 application/epub+zip 2815442 2025-07-29T08:19:57.143329 application/epub+zip 326280 2025-07-29T08:19:55.398365 application/epub+zip 3088893 2025-07-29T08:20:14.700241 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3011670 2025-07-29T08:20:05.797274 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513318 2025-07-29T08:19:51.562370 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 493398 2024-06-10T18:36:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16033 2025-07-29T08:20:14.900228 application/rdf+xml 9849 2025-07-29T08:19:55.815348 image/jpeg 1821 2025-07-29T08:19:55.650418 image/jpeg 2509286 2025-07-29T08:19:54.144372 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia