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... hero acts is at times identifiable though still of exemplary force - as when , in a painter's portrait of the Queen , a view of recognizable landscape is glimpsed through a window behind her or seen mapped and spread under her feet ...
... hero acts is at times identifiable though still of exemplary force - as when , in a painter's portrait of the Queen , a view of recognizable landscape is glimpsed through a window behind her or seen mapped and spread under her feet ...
Page 114
... hero - rival or threatening monster , Christ himself celebrated as a heroic warrior figure in the Old Saxon Heliand . From the people of romance tongues ( those derived from Latin ) there was the French Chanson de Roland , of combat ...
... hero - rival or threatening monster , Christ himself celebrated as a heroic warrior figure in the Old Saxon Heliand . From the people of romance tongues ( those derived from Latin ) there was the French Chanson de Roland , of combat ...
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... hero . In the grand scheme Books III and IV are also a pair , as are V and VI . Book III of Chastity is a study in depth of the nature of ' true ' love and of Britomart's learning its nature . It is followed in IV by love explored in ...
... hero . In the grand scheme Books III and IV are also a pair , as are V and VI . Book III of Chastity is a study in depth of the nature of ' true ' love and of Britomart's learning its nature . It is followed in IV by love explored in ...
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