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... whole locally ' . It is arguable , indeed , that the integrity of his Orphic hymns between the acts is exactly what makes the Aminta the paragon of court pastoral . By framing his fable with a prologue of Cupid and an epilogue of Venus ...
... whole locally ' . It is arguable , indeed , that the integrity of his Orphic hymns between the acts is exactly what makes the Aminta the paragon of court pastoral . By framing his fable with a prologue of Cupid and an epilogue of Venus ...
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... whole ethos it suggests . ( ii ) Discordia Concors An apt way of expressing the aesthetic motive of the Two Gentle- men might be this : that the virtue of Apolline vision is imperfect without Bacchic delight . This idea can be traced ...
... whole ethos it suggests . ( ii ) Discordia Concors An apt way of expressing the aesthetic motive of the Two Gentle- men might be this : that the virtue of Apolline vision is imperfect without Bacchic delight . This idea can be traced ...
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... whole man , this time in ~ terms not of acting but music . For by this point in the play Bottom is in fact all an audience's joy , as well as all Titania's . Yet could one say that since Hazlitt the supposition has not crept in that ...
... whole man , this time in ~ terms not of acting but music . For by this point in the play Bottom is in fact all an audience's joy , as well as all Titania's . Yet could one say that since Hazlitt the supposition has not crept in that ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION Pastoralism and Aesthetic Platonic Tradition I | 1 |
THE PASTORALISM OF TASSOS AMINTA | 21 |
The Shepherds Life | 44 |
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