Critical Essays on Roman Literature: Elegy and LyricJohn Patrick Sullivan |
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... conventional forms ; the details may often be fictitious ; but underlying all there is such fire and vehemence that we can scarcely doubt the general truth of the story that emerges as we read.5 The propriety of testing the sincerity of ...
... conventional forms ; the details may often be fictitious ; but underlying all there is such fire and vehemence that we can scarcely doubt the general truth of the story that emerges as we read.5 The propriety of testing the sincerity of ...
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... conventional ele- ments are entirely subordinated to personal feeling . The elegy is not concerned with the faults of the typical mistress , but of Cynthia , a figure to whom Propertius has already given vivid life and being . The ...
... conventional ele- ments are entirely subordinated to personal feeling . The elegy is not concerned with the faults of the typical mistress , but of Cynthia , a figure to whom Propertius has already given vivid life and being . The ...
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... conventional but elegant galanterie , the play on the word dye , the use of antithesis , and the pervasive melody , all combine to give this excellent poem a flavour distinctively Ovidian . Dryden's Song from Cleomenes beginning No , no ...
... conventional but elegant galanterie , the play on the word dye , the use of antithesis , and the pervasive melody , all combine to give this excellent poem a flavour distinctively Ovidian . Dryden's Song from Cleomenes beginning No , no ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION J P Sullivan Lincoln College page | 1 |
ME EX VERSICULIS MEIS PARUM PUDICUM | 15 |
DOCTE CATULLE K F Quinn University of | 31 |
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