Samuel BeckettHarold Bloom Sixteen critical essays on the Elizabethan poet and his works. |
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... gods , never violent , bearer of good fortune , god of shepherds and the common people . Of all the gods , Hermes is the most protective , and Spenser may have felt a prophetic need for protection , even as the events gathered that were ...
... gods , never violent , bearer of good fortune , god of shepherds and the common people . Of all the gods , Hermes is the most protective , and Spenser may have felt a prophetic need for protection , even as the events gathered that were ...
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... Gods about him congregate ( VII.6.15–19 ) The divine council is presently interrupted by the presumptuous entrance of the rebel herself , who astonishes the gods with her beauty , her disdain- ful rejection of their authority , and her ...
... Gods about him congregate ( VII.6.15–19 ) The divine council is presently interrupted by the presumptuous entrance of the rebel herself , who astonishes the gods with her beauty , her disdain- ful rejection of their authority , and her ...
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... gods no more then men thou doest esteeme : For , even the gods to thee , as men to gods do seeme . ( VII.7.15 ) From what precedes and follows , this argument would appear to be specious . Ultimately , continues Mutabilitie , the ...
... gods no more then men thou doest esteeme : For , even the gods to thee , as men to gods do seeme . ( VII.7.15 ) From what precedes and follows , this argument would appear to be specious . Ultimately , continues Mutabilitie , the ...
Contents
The Structure of Allegory in Books I and II | 41 |
Mutability and the Theme | 57 |
The Marriage of the Thames | 73 |
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