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... epic Gondi- bert ( 1650 ) dedicated to Thomas Hobbes , purported to demonstrate how epic and drama might be " interchanged . " Davenant wrote that it was from " drama , and by that regular species , narratively and not in dialogue , I ...
... epic Gondi- bert ( 1650 ) dedicated to Thomas Hobbes , purported to demonstrate how epic and drama might be " interchanged . " Davenant wrote that it was from " drama , and by that regular species , narratively and not in dialogue , I ...
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... 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 . The opening ...
... 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 . The opening ...
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... epic in " Structural Pattern in Paradise Lost , " Philological Quarterly 28 ( 1949 ) : 16-30 . See also Jeffrey P. Ford , " Paradise Lost and the Five - Act Epic " ( Ph.D. diss . , Columbia University , 1966 ) ; and , for a com- parison ...
... epic in " Structural Pattern in Paradise Lost , " Philological Quarterly 28 ( 1949 ) : 16-30 . See also Jeffrey P. Ford , " Paradise Lost and the Five - Act Epic " ( Ph.D. diss . , Columbia University , 1966 ) ; and , for a com- parison ...
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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