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... lover - poet the Golden Age thus stands for remembered innocence , while in the social life of the courtier - poet it stands for the inner life , or selfhood . In either case only a part of the shepherd's life is meant . Shepherdliness ...
... lover - poet the Golden Age thus stands for remembered innocence , while in the social life of the courtier - poet it stands for the inner life , or selfhood . In either case only a part of the shepherd's life is meant . Shepherdliness ...
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... lover , the third act travesties the lover - angel . As in the rape of Ariadne , the agent of transcendence and transfiguration is Bacchus inspiration of the lover and ally of Venus . And in Titania's love for Bottom , in spite of the ...
... lover , the third act travesties the lover - angel . As in the rape of Ariadne , the agent of transcendence and transfiguration is Bacchus inspiration of the lover and ally of Venus . And in Titania's love for Bottom , in spite of the ...
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... Lovers and madmen have such seething brains , Such shaping fantasies , that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends . The lunatic , the lover , and the poet Are of imagination all compact . ( v . i . 2–8 ) The rehearsal of the ...
... Lovers and madmen have such seething brains , Such shaping fantasies , that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends . The lunatic , the lover , and the poet Are of imagination all compact . ( v . i . 2–8 ) The rehearsal of the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION Pastoralism and Aesthetic Platonic Tradition I | 1 |
THE PASTORALISM OF TASSOS AMINTA | 21 |
The Shepherds Life | 44 |
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