Word: normans
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophoces was presented in Sanders Theatre in the spring of 1881. More than this very few men know or care, for all seem to be under the impression that it is interesting only to students of the Classics. But any who have read Mr. Henry Norman's little book on that play given in 1881, are well aware that the presentation was not only a demonstration of the work on Greek at Harvard, but was the social event of the year, and was more widely discussed than anything that had taken place at Harvard for years...
...skeptical about the possibilities of success, I would recommend Mr. Norman's book, referred to above. Anybody who can read that and not be inspired to wish to see another Greek play before his college days are over, must be very sluggish indeed. Pray let this not be the last word to be expressed with relation to this important matter...
There was no relation whatsoever between the Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Celtic literatures except the relation that was necessitated by geography. Yet out of the mixture of these three, there was produced a tongue, fitted by its strength and scope of expression to be the instrument of the greatest of modern literatures. England was much influenced by foreign thought form the time of the conquest; especially the laiety, who had been wofully lacking in all education, now gained some appreciation for refinement and culture of mind...
Lecture. Celtic and Anglo-Norman Literature. Mr. E. Charlton Black. Sever...
Lecture. Celtic and Anglo-Norman Literature. Mr. E. Charlton Black. Sever...