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... possible , the physical appearance of Adam and Eve.2 It is also true that Milton is concerned at this point to present Adam and Eve in the best possible light ; and “ hyacinthine , " in its ordinary as well as its epic associations ...
... possible , the physical appearance of Adam and Eve.2 It is also true that Milton is concerned at this point to present Adam and Eve in the best possible light ; and “ hyacinthine , " in its ordinary as well as its epic associations ...
Page 117
... possible of the " spirit " of one of the great classical poets was as honorable a task as a Renaissance poet could aspire to ; but , as the attempts multiplied and likewise the failures , translators became more and more querulous . It ...
... possible of the " spirit " of one of the great classical poets was as honorable a task as a Renaissance poet could aspire to ; but , as the attempts multiplied and likewise the failures , translators became more and more querulous . It ...
Page 123
... possible to its continuous flow . That is why , we may be reasonably certain , Dryden chose the end - stopped couplet as his instrument and Milton blank verse . Milton's choice of blank verse was almost as dangerous a gamble as Virgil's ...
... possible to its continuous flow . That is why , we may be reasonably certain , Dryden chose the end - stopped couplet as his instrument and Milton blank verse . Milton's choice of blank verse was almost as dangerous a gamble as Virgil's ...
Contents
Chapter One FIT AUDIENCE | 1 |
Chapter Two NOT LESS BUT MORE HEROIC ས ༤ | 40 |
Chapter Four THE VEIL OF INNOCENCE | 67 |
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Achilles Adam and Eve Adam's Aeneas Aeneid allusion amorous authors beauty bee simile begins blank verse Book of Paradise borrowing Burning Lake Carthage comparison context death describes device Dido Dido's dream Dryden Earth edition editors English epic episode epithet Eve's eyes fact Fall Fallen Angels Fourth Book Georgic glory gods grammar Greek Heaven Hell hero heroic Homer Homer and Virgil Horace Iliad imitation influence innocent Juno Jupiter kind language Latin lines literary London meaning metaphor Milton Criticism mind Mount Ida Neoptolemus note to P.L. numbers Odysseus Odyssey Ovid Paradise Lost parallel passage Phaethon Phoebus phrase poem poet poetic poetry quoted Raphael reader Renaissance rhetorical rhythmical Roman Salmoneus Satan schoolboy sense serpents shore simile spear speech Spenser structure style Tellus thee thir thou tion Tityos tradition translation Trojans Troy Turnus Typhon verbal echo Virgil Virgilian writes Zeus