Prophets of Heaven & Hell: Virgil, Dante, Milton, Goethe ; an Introductory Essay |
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Page vii
... poet - prophets . He liked to think that his literarisch - geschicht- liche Aufgabe was to help in ' rehabilitating the long poem ' . A number of his notes in connection with the book afford interesting illustration of his own line of ...
... poet - prophets . He liked to think that his literarisch - geschicht- liche Aufgabe was to help in ' rehabilitating the long poem ' . A number of his notes in connection with the book afford interesting illustration of his own line of ...
Page 55
... poems of great length ; and such poems cannot be appreciated , if they are judged on principles applicable only to shorter pieces . If many modern readers experience disappointment , and a sense of weariness , in reading a long poem ...
... poems of great length ; and such poems cannot be appreciated , if they are judged on principles applicable only to shorter pieces . If many modern readers experience disappointment , and a sense of weariness , in reading a long poem ...
Page 60
... long poem as a work of literature has declined . Poetry means , to most of us , short poems . Not expecting great pleasure from the long poem as such , the modern reader tends to turn with all the more interest to the many sidelights ...
... long poem as a work of literature has declined . Poetry means , to most of us , short poems . Not expecting great pleasure from the long poem as such , the modern reader tends to turn with all the more interest to the many sidelights ...
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Aeneas Aeneid appeal artist aspect Augustus battle of Actium battle of Benevento Beatrice beauty believe Bible century chapter Christian Cino da Pistoia conception consciousness culture Dante Dante's Divine Comedy earth embodied Empire essential ethical European evil expression fact Faust feel four poets Georgics Ghibelline give Goethe's Guelphs Guido Cavalcanti Heaven Hell human idea ideal imagination impression individual inspiration intellectual interest justice Karl Barth knowledge language light literature live long poem man's Mephistopheles Milton and Goethe mind modern myth nature Paradise Lost passions past perhaps philosophy picture Plato poet-prophets poet's poetry political present problem problem of Evil prophet Purgatory purpose reader realise reality Reason recognise religion Roman Rome seems sense significance single speaking Spinoza spirit story supreme things thought tion true truth unconscious unity Universe Virgil Western civilisation whole wisdom words writes