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... action . They are taken from Ficino's account of the movement of Eros through created nature : The divine beauty in fact creates love in everything ; that is , desire for itself . Since God draws the world to himself , and the world is ...
... action . They are taken from Ficino's account of the movement of Eros through created nature : The divine beauty in fact creates love in everything ; that is , desire for itself . Since God draws the world to himself , and the world is ...
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... action . They imply all that Renaissance pastoralism means : an off- stage rite of nature by which Aminta's love is consummated ; a ' maimed ' rite of the Platonic theology by which a tragic union in death is controverted and the life ...
... action . They imply all that Renaissance pastoralism means : an off- stage rite of nature by which Aminta's love is consummated ; a ' maimed ' rite of the Platonic theology by which a tragic union in death is controverted and the life ...
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... action and theme , rhythm and tone , the Two Gentlemen echoes the pastoralism of the Aminta . What , for instance , does Shakespeare invoke in Proteus ' first soliloquy , He after honour hunts , I after love , ( 1. i . 63 ) if not the ...
... action and theme , rhythm and tone , the Two Gentlemen echoes the pastoralism of the Aminta . What , for instance , does Shakespeare invoke in Proteus ' first soliloquy , He after honour hunts , I after love , ( 1. i . 63 ) if not the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION Pastoralism and Aesthetic Platonic Tradition I | 1 |
THE PASTORALISM OF TASSOS AMINTA | 21 |
The Shepherds Life | 44 |
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