From Virgil to MiltonMacmillan, 1948 - 246 pages |
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... present in a single whole , and to give a metaphysical unity to Rome by displaying the abilities which had made it great in his own day and had existed in it from the beginning . His first aim is to praise the present , but the present ...
... present in a single whole , and to give a metaphysical unity to Rome by displaying the abilities which had made it great in his own day and had existed in it from the beginning . His first aim is to praise the present , but the present ...
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... present individuals as such . They present something that is more like a symbol or even an ideal , a person who represents some- thing else . As Aeneas stands for Rome , so Gama stands for Portugal , Goffredo for Christian chivalry ...
... present individuals as such . They present something that is more like a symbol or even an ideal , a person who represents some- thing else . As Aeneas stands for Rome , so Gama stands for Portugal , Goffredo for Christian chivalry ...
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... present a hero comparable to Achilles and Odysseus ; it was to have all the Homeric accoutrements . So much his time demanded of him . The Augustan age felt that any- thing less than Homeric epic was unworthy of its great achieve- ments ...
... present a hero comparable to Achilles and Odysseus ; it was to have all the Homeric accoutrements . So much his time demanded of him . The Augustan age felt that any- thing less than Homeric epic was unworthy of its great achieve- ments ...
Contents
SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF LITERARY EPIC | 1 |
VIRGIL AND THE IDEAL OF ROME 33 3888 | 33 |
CAMÕES AND THE EPIC OF PORTUGAL | 86 |
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