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Page 48
... Truth ) seem to be the chief objects of the book , and together they con- stitute an end more closely approaching that of Dante : Under- standing , or Truth in Action . It is true that the Red Cross Knight must be restored from his ...
... Truth ) seem to be the chief objects of the book , and together they con- stitute an end more closely approaching that of Dante : Under- standing , or Truth in Action . It is true that the Red Cross Knight must be restored from his ...
Page 93
... truth is not the same as the Truth . Granted ; but in following his model , Dante can be seen at every point to rely , not on his own inclination or fashioning - power as a poet , but upon what he would have re- garded as the closest ...
... truth is not the same as the Truth . Granted ; but in following his model , Dante can be seen at every point to rely , not on his own inclination or fashioning - power as a poet , but upon what he would have re- garded as the closest ...
Page 95
... truth and necessity of reflecting it in poetry . No one these days will agree with Matthew Arnold who , though he did not lack a sense of humor ( as the pages of Trilling's study amply illustrate ) , did lack a sense of coordination ...
... truth and necessity of reflecting it in poetry . No one these days will agree with Matthew Arnold who , though he did not lack a sense of humor ( as the pages of Trilling's study amply illustrate ) , did lack a sense of coordination ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
The Traditional Metaphor | 15 |
The Metaphor | 75 |
Copyright | |
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