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... epic . There had been any number of these , many by Milton's French contempo- raries . There had been Marc Antoine ... epic poets , Boileau had had negative things to say about the genre itself . He disliked the biblical epic believing ...
... epic . There had been any number of these , many by Milton's French contempo- raries . There had been Marc Antoine ... epic poets , Boileau had had negative things to say about the genre itself . He disliked the biblical epic believing ...
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... epic poetry had run its course and was no longer a viable literary genre . With Paradise Lost Milton produced an epic that was not quite in the classical mold , but neither was it suited to the reader of today . Tasso had written the ...
... epic poetry had run its course and was no longer a viable literary genre . With Paradise Lost Milton produced an epic that was not quite in the classical mold , but neither was it suited to the reader of today . Tasso had written the ...
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... epic poetry is quite over . Nous sommes bien loin de l'enfance naïve ; nous avons même passé l'âge viril et classique .... L'ordre , les proportions , l'harmonie des formes , en un mot ce grand édifice construit entre ciel et terre qu ...
... epic poetry is quite over . Nous sommes bien loin de l'enfance naïve ; nous avons même passé l'âge viril et classique .... L'ordre , les proportions , l'harmonie des formes , en un mot ce grand édifice construit entre ciel et terre qu ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Abel François Villemain | 27 |
François René de Chateaubriand | 48 |
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