Major French Milton Critics of the Nineteenth Century |
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... characters in the Iliad and Gerusalemme liberata . What the characters are supposed to do in the poem does not determine what they are like . None can be said merely to represent an idea ; each stands out as a personality . This gives ...
... characters in the Iliad and Gerusalemme liberata . What the characters are supposed to do in the poem does not determine what they are like . None can be said merely to represent an idea ; each stands out as a personality . This gives ...
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... characters are what Mézières likes most in Comus . They are not characters , of course , but rather " opinions " that the poet sets up in opposition to each other , naturally making his own win out in the end . The characters thus stand ...
... characters are what Mézières likes most in Comus . They are not characters , of course , but rather " opinions " that the poet sets up in opposition to each other , naturally making his own win out in the end . The characters thus stand ...
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... characters are failures , this is not true of Satan . Like all French critics , Taine has unbounded admiration for the rebel leader . It is true that , like the other characters , Satan talks too much , that at times he sounds like a ...
... characters are failures , this is not true of Satan . Like all French critics , Taine has unbounded admiration for the rebel leader . It is true that , like the other characters , Satan talks too much , that at times he sounds like a ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Abel François Villemain | 27 |
François René de Chateaubriand | 48 |
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