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... lais continue to defy definitive analysis , perhaps because they contain a number of narrative strands whose source , relationship , and raison d'etre continue to elude us . One such strand found in several of the lais is a narrative ...
... lais continue to defy definitive analysis , perhaps because they contain a number of narrative strands whose source , relationship , and raison d'etre continue to elude us . One such strand found in several of the lais is a narrative ...
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... lais immortality is simply implied as an additional benefit of life in the Other - World , in this lai it plays an important thematic part . The Persephone motif is , however , reversed ; while Persephone must stay in the Other - World ...
... lais immortality is simply implied as an additional benefit of life in the Other - World , in this lai it plays an important thematic part . The Persephone motif is , however , reversed ; while Persephone must stay in the Other - World ...
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... lais does help to explain some aspects which are otherwise unexplained within the lais themselves . And , at the very least , the manipulation of the Cupid - Psyche myth , and the varied uses of that narrative pattern in these lais ...
... lais does help to explain some aspects which are otherwise unexplained within the lais themselves . And , at the very least , the manipulation of the Cupid - Psyche myth , and the varied uses of that narrative pattern in these lais ...
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