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... allegorical : truth concealed by a known and fitting veil of mythology . ' And it sees pastoralism as one distinct mode of allegory , of the order , if not the gravity , of the tragic . Nowadays the pastoral is not usually thought of as ...
... allegorical : truth concealed by a known and fitting veil of mythology . ' And it sees pastoralism as one distinct mode of allegory , of the order , if not the gravity , of the tragic . Nowadays the pastoral is not usually thought of as ...
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... allegorical theory of poetry was too commonplace for him not to know is unquestionable . And the presence of a ' theological ' allegory in poetry like Ovid's is plainly canvassed by his English contemporaries : It sufficeth me therefore ...
... allegorical theory of poetry was too commonplace for him not to know is unquestionable . And the presence of a ' theological ' allegory in poetry like Ovid's is plainly canvassed by his English contemporaries : It sufficeth me therefore ...
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... Allegory and , to a much greater degree , symbolism . . . can speak of things which cannot be spoken of in any other language , but one will always , I think , feel some sense of unreality when they are used to describe things which can ...
... Allegory and , to a much greater degree , symbolism . . . can speak of things which cannot be spoken of in any other language , but one will always , I think , feel some sense of unreality when they are used to describe things which can ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION Pastoralism and Aesthetic Platonic Tradition I | 1 |
THE PASTORALISM OF TASSOS AMINTA | 21 |
The Shepherds Life | 44 |
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