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Page 16
... structure , even more than the symbolic role allocated to Charles , was to guarantee the validity of a tran- scendent frame of reference , a dialectic which would incorporate and transform the chaos described by Book II . As Charles had ...
... structure , even more than the symbolic role allocated to Charles , was to guarantee the validity of a tran- scendent frame of reference , a dialectic which would incorporate and transform the chaos described by Book II . As Charles had ...
Page 18
... structure . Cowley still tries to apply the transcendent frame of reference to Cavalier saint and Roundhead devil , but one can have no confidence that the scheme will be carried through to its proper conclusion , since the epic structure ...
... structure . Cowley still tries to apply the transcendent frame of reference to Cavalier saint and Roundhead devil , but one can have no confidence that the scheme will be carried through to its proper conclusion , since the epic structure ...
Page 100
... structure broke down during the course of the poem . Book IV enters the area of political argument or , as I have suggested , of political despair . It separates into two realities — the inevitable abuse of power , and Jonathan's ...
... structure broke down during the course of the poem . Book IV enters the area of political argument or , as I have suggested , of political despair . It separates into two realities — the inevitable abuse of power , and Jonathan's ...
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