Oaten Reeds and Trumpets: Pastoral and Epic in Virgil, Spenser, and MiltonThorough study of the essential interdependence of the pastoral and epic genres. Proceeds historically from Virgil tracing the evolution of the heroic toward the increasing accommodation of the pastoral. Establishes principles for interpreting the works of major poets who set out to resolve the tensions between imagination and reality, contemplation and action, poetry and prophecy. |
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... thematic development of the pastoral and epic as expressed in the works of Virgil , Spenser , and Milton . Although there have been several studies , notably by Smith , Hamilton , Cheney , and Knott , that consider the relationship ...
... thematic development of the pastoral and epic as expressed in the works of Virgil , Spenser , and Milton . Although there have been several studies , notably by Smith , Hamilton , Cheney , and Knott , that consider the relationship ...
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... thematic and narrative functions in the heroic poem . Virgil uses the pastoral in his Aeneid , for example , as an integral part of the epic's thematic resolution . The pastoral places that Aeneas visits have critical significance for ...
... thematic and narrative functions in the heroic poem . Virgil uses the pastoral in his Aeneid , for example , as an integral part of the epic's thematic resolution . The pastoral places that Aeneas visits have critical significance for ...
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... thematic pattern of the whole poem : the pastoral ideal of song , its destruction by death , and finally , a new song borne by faith in the immortal soul . Here , however , because the persona feels that he lacks inward ripeness , he is ...
... thematic pattern of the whole poem : the pastoral ideal of song , its destruction by death , and finally , a new song borne by faith in the immortal soul . Here , however , because the persona feels that he lacks inward ripeness , he is ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 11 |
Virgil | 17 |
Spenser and the Pastoral | 55 |
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