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Page xvii
... classical allusions , conventions , and patterned episodes , a work that partially transforms and yet remains daringly contained within a clas- sical epic structure . The enacted prophetic shows , when examined in isolation , sweep the ...
... classical allusions , conventions , and patterned episodes , a work that partially transforms and yet remains daringly contained within a clas- sical epic structure . The enacted prophetic shows , when examined in isolation , sweep the ...
Page 54
... classical epic yet manipulating materials never before merged in " Prose or Rhyme . " He pens an invocation classical in form but dedicated to a Holy Spirit whose Christian inspiration is said to reign on Mount Sinai and Mount Sion ...
... classical epic yet manipulating materials never before merged in " Prose or Rhyme . " He pens an invocation classical in form but dedicated to a Holy Spirit whose Christian inspiration is said to reign on Mount Sinai and Mount Sion ...
Page 135
... classical heroic structures and conventions in Paradise Lost in Milton's Epic Characters : Image and Idol ( Chapel Hill , 1959 ) and in Mil- ton and the Renaissance Hero ( Oxford , 1967 ) . The classical views of epic structure and ...
... classical heroic structures and conventions in Paradise Lost in Milton's Epic Characters : Image and Idol ( Chapel Hill , 1959 ) and in Mil- ton and the Renaissance Hero ( Oxford , 1967 ) . The classical views of epic structure and ...
Contents
THE INWARD VISION I | 1 |
INCONSTANT THEATRICAL DESIGNS | 16 |
THE VAST DESIGN EMERGES | 40 |
Copyright | |
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Milton's Theatrical Epic: The Invention and Design of Paradise Lost John G. Demaray No preview available - 1999 |
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