Of Poetry and Politics: New Essays on Milton and His WorldP. G. Stanwood |
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... divine power to guide the hero Perseus , transform- ing him also in turn . She leads him to the gorgons , assists him in killing Medusa , and inspires him to take Medusa's head to effect the liberation of his mother , Danae , by turning ...
... divine power to guide the hero Perseus , transform- ing him also in turn . She leads him to the gorgons , assists him in killing Medusa , and inspires him to take Medusa's head to effect the liberation of his mother , Danae , by turning ...
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... divine within human life can bring a man sorrow or joy . Lycidas is dead ; what can the living poet expect from a divine dispensation that seems savagely to cut off human expectation , just when it is about to be fulfilled ? If the ...
... divine within human life can bring a man sorrow or joy . Lycidas is dead ; what can the living poet expect from a divine dispensation that seems savagely to cut off human expectation , just when it is about to be fulfilled ? If the ...
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... divine justice and reassures him that Jove's judgment is just , as Pindar's Apollo in Pythia 3 or Pindar's Zeus in Nemea 10 had offered reassurance of the faith and justice of the divine . In Lycidas the swain asserts that " Fame is the ...
... divine justice and reassures him that Jove's judgment is just , as Pindar's Apollo in Pythia 3 or Pindar's Zeus in Nemea 10 had offered reassurance of the faith and justice of the divine . In Lycidas the swain asserts that " Fame is the ...
Contents
Moving Toward Paradise | 1 |
The PreCriticism of Miltons Latin Verse Illustrated from | 17 |
Alpheus Arethusa and the Pindaric Pursuit in Lycidas | 35 |
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