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... Paradise Lost ) . Behind this shifting of focus , as the instance of the Argonautica suggests , lies the de- sire for a title that is fittingly unified . The convention , therefore , belongs to classical epic . In the more polyphonic ...
... Paradise Lost ) . Behind this shifting of focus , as the instance of the Argonautica suggests , lies the de- sire for a title that is fittingly unified . The convention , therefore , belongs to classical epic . In the more polyphonic ...
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... Paradise Lost example , we are struck by Milton's decisively original version of the classical prin- cipium . Colie remarks that the generic phrases " imply each other ... ' Arma virumque ' implies ' cano , ' and we must await Milton's ...
... Paradise Lost example , we are struck by Milton's decisively original version of the classical prin- cipium . Colie remarks that the generic phrases " imply each other ... ' Arma virumque ' implies ' cano , ' and we must await Milton's ...
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... Paradise Lost ] " , but that " it is thought by the most judicious to be little or nothing inferior to the other for style and decorum . " 48 Significantly , it is on the style of Paradise Regained that the strongest recent attack has ...
... Paradise Lost ] " , but that " it is thought by the most judicious to be little or nothing inferior to the other for style and decorum . " 48 Significantly , it is on the style of Paradise Regained that the strongest recent attack has ...
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Literature as a Genre | 1 |
Ancient Misapprehensions | 20 |
Concepts of Genre | 37 |
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