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... readers Milton's real revela- tion as a poet came when Voltaire , then exiled in England , took a look at Paradise Lost in his Essay on Epic Poetry ( 1727 ) , soon translated into French . While he had reserva- tions , Voltaire tended ...
... readers Milton's real revela- tion as a poet came when Voltaire , then exiled in England , took a look at Paradise Lost in his Essay on Epic Poetry ( 1727 ) , soon translated into French . While he had reserva- tions , Voltaire tended ...
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... Readers can turn their attention to the one and then the other , but they are not expected to contend with both at ... reader expects in the poem is philosophical and religious interest . We must not forget , however , that a true epic ...
... Readers can turn their attention to the one and then the other , but they are not expected to contend with both at ... reader expects in the poem is philosophical and religious interest . We must not forget , however , that a true epic ...
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... readers that the prose works have occasional moments comparable to those in Paradise Lost , eventually he decided that the genuine poetic element was , on the whole , absent in the epic . Most readers would not concur that , when the ...
... readers that the prose works have occasional moments comparable to those in Paradise Lost , eventually he decided that the genuine poetic element was , on the whole , absent in the epic . Most readers would not concur that , when the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Abel François Villemain | 27 |
François René de Chateaubriand | 48 |
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