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... Christian counterparts ; the other that Ovid's fables are less ancient than these Christian fables . Read in the latter way , Milton's lines afford the same literary status to pagan and Christian poems ( " Fables " ) while still ...
... Christian counterparts ; the other that Ovid's fables are less ancient than these Christian fables . Read in the latter way , Milton's lines afford the same literary status to pagan and Christian poems ( " Fables " ) while still ...
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... Christian poet could legitimately imitate pagan literature . Milton's beginning principle for admitting secular liter- ature into sacred contexts takes shape as early as 1634 in Comus . The Attendant Spirit advances the principle that ...
... Christian poet could legitimately imitate pagan literature . Milton's beginning principle for admitting secular liter- ature into sacred contexts takes shape as early as 1634 in Comus . The Attendant Spirit advances the principle that ...
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... Christian poet while he aligned his poetry with the best products of the classical tradi- tion . In De Doctrina Christiana some twenty years later , the former elegist is an accomplished epic poet . Moreover , he is a self - styled ...
... Christian poet while he aligned his poetry with the best products of the classical tradi- tion . In De Doctrina Christiana some twenty years later , the former elegist is an accomplished epic poet . Moreover , he is a self - styled ...
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