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... poetry makes it simple by fashioning Aeneas as an image of that virtue and the imagination grasps the idea all at ... poetry derived from Horace and Cicero . Tasso himself thinks that the excellence of poetry lies in its answering to the ...
... poetry makes it simple by fashioning Aeneas as an image of that virtue and the imagination grasps the idea all at ... poetry derived from Horace and Cicero . Tasso himself thinks that the excellence of poetry lies in its answering to the ...
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... poetry before coming to Italy , for he was well versed in contemporary Italian poetry ; he would certainly have discussed Chiabrera with his Italian friends , for Chiabrera had had close ties to the court and the academies of Flor- ence ...
... poetry before coming to Italy , for he was well versed in contemporary Italian poetry ; he would certainly have discussed Chiabrera with his Italian friends , for Chiabrera had had close ties to the court and the academies of Flor- ence ...
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... poetry on a wide variety of topics . The practice , however , was much more than a purely academic one , since Latin was a universal language which enabled the aspiring poet to win acclaim both at home and abroad.2 An English- man who ...
... poetry on a wide variety of topics . The practice , however , was much more than a purely academic one , since Latin was a universal language which enabled the aspiring poet to win acclaim both at home and abroad.2 An English- man who ...
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The Making of a Man of Letters? | 19 |
Miltons Second | 29 |
Cinquemani Through Milan and the Pennine Alps | 51 |
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