From Virgil to Milton, 10. köideMacmillan & Company Limited, 1945 - 246 pages "This book is a study of the literary epic in four of its chief examples, and especially of certain characteristics which seem to belong to this kind of poetry."--Preface. |
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... words than is obvious at first sight . But in Virgil , great though the paragraphs are , compelling though the climax is when it is reached , we are more concerned with the details , with each small effect and each deftly placed word ...
... words than is obvious at first sight . But in Virgil , great though the paragraphs are , compelling though the climax is when it is reached , we are more concerned with the details , with each small effect and each deftly placed word ...
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... words . It might be argued that the difference of kind which these passages illustrate is due to a difference of temperament , that the poet of Roland saw his subject simply and clearly while Virgil saw his heavy with meaning and ...
... words . It might be argued that the difference of kind which these passages illustrate is due to a difference of temperament , that the poet of Roland saw his subject simply and clearly while Virgil saw his heavy with meaning and ...
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... word when he says that the duty of a great nature is to foresee what can happen , whether good or bad , 3 and Seneca quotes Virgil's actual words to illustrate his view of a good man , — " Whatever happens , he says ' I foresaw it ...
... word when he says that the duty of a great nature is to foresee what can happen , whether good or bad , 3 and Seneca quotes Virgil's actual words to illustrate his view of a good man , — " Whatever happens , he says ' I foresaw it ...
Contents
SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF LITERARY EPIC | 1 |
VIRGIL AND THE IDEAL OF ROME | 33 |
CAMÕES AND THE EPIC OF PORTUGAL | 86 |
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