The Burial-places of Memory: Epic Underworlds in Vergil, Dante, and Milton |
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... passage from a state of barbarity and disorder to a state of integration and harmony . The passage between these two states is precisely what we call education , a " leading forth " of the self to the best of which it is capable . And ...
... passage from a state of barbarity and disorder to a state of integration and harmony . The passage between these two states is precisely what we call education , a " leading forth " of the self to the best of which it is capable . And ...
Page 85
... passage works oddly with its time references , in the way it moves from " before my age was at the full " to " Only yesterday morning . " " Before my age was at the full " must surely refer to Dante's age at the time he went astray in ...
... passage works oddly with its time references , in the way it moves from " before my age was at the full " to " Only yesterday morning . " " Before my age was at the full " must surely refer to Dante's age at the time he went astray in ...
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... passage almost seems a frantic attempt to include those events mandated by tradition which Milton never got around to in the body of Books 1 and 2. Here he touches all the bases on the dead run . But as traditional as the passage may ...
... passage almost seems a frantic attempt to include those events mandated by tradition which Milton never got around to in the body of Books 1 and 2. Here he touches all the bases on the dead run . But as traditional as the passage may ...
Contents
The Easy Descent from Avernus | 17 |
Language and History | 57 |
Traditions and the Individual Talent | 118 |
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