British Writers: William Langland to the English Bible, Volumes 1-8This collection of critical essays covers hundreds of writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contributors analyze many individual works and engage the reader withtheir distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background. |
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Page 49
... Nature , and natural law decrees that all should love their kind . Guarini's Il Pastor fido of 1585 reverses Tasso's situation : a young hero , pas- sionate , chaste , reluctant , is educated in love's wisdom by an older , experienced ...
... Nature , and natural law decrees that all should love their kind . Guarini's Il Pastor fido of 1585 reverses Tasso's situation : a young hero , pas- sionate , chaste , reluctant , is educated in love's wisdom by an older , experienced ...
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... nature and his own ideals . Milton was a natural Platonist , a natural seeker after perfection by high contempla- tion ; but he also believed , with Sidney , that the " ending end of all earthly learning " was " virtuous action ...
... nature and his own ideals . Milton was a natural Platonist , a natural seeker after perfection by high contempla- tion ; but he also believed , with Sidney , that the " ending end of all earthly learning " was " virtuous action ...
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... nature as something fundamental . Possessing it , he was bound to find the bounty of nature both exciting and satisfying . Living when he did and brought up as he was , he could conceive of this bounty in other than theological terms ...
... nature as something fundamental . Possessing it , he was bound to find the bounty of nature both exciting and satisfying . Living when he did and brought up as he was , he could conceive of this bounty in other than theological terms ...
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