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... write a finer poem by cleaving to it . But he also knew that he had an audience thoroughly qualified to understand the ... writes , " was the standard of their thought and con- duct . In a sense , it was more real to them than their own ...
... write a finer poem by cleaving to it . But he also knew that he had an audience thoroughly qualified to understand the ... writes , " was the standard of their thought and con- duct . In a sense , it was more real to them than their own ...
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... writes Foster Watson , " is the empha- sis on the reproduction of accuracy in the imitation of classical Latin . " Style and the problems of style became a major preoccupa- tion of the schools . 5 Whatever its defects , no one who has ...
... writes Foster Watson , " is the empha- sis on the reproduction of accuracy in the imitation of classical Latin . " Style and the problems of style became a major preoccupa- tion of the schools . 5 Whatever its defects , no one who has ...
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... writes Basil Willey , " could claim a greater share of reverence than Homer and Virgil . " 48 It was perhaps this ... write epics clearly and unmistakably in the tradition of those poets , and all but one or two resulted in failures ...
... writes Basil Willey , " could claim a greater share of reverence than Homer and Virgil . " 48 It was perhaps this ... write epics clearly and unmistakably in the tradition of those poets , and all but one or two resulted in failures ...
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