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... Spenser's imitation of Ovid in the Cantos would have provided a poetic model for his epic's conclusion . In Areopagitica , Milton expressed his high regard for Spenser by calling him " our sage and serious Poet . . . whom I dare be ...
... Spenser's imitation of Ovid in the Cantos would have provided a poetic model for his epic's conclusion . In Areopagitica , Milton expressed his high regard for Spenser by calling him " our sage and serious Poet . . . whom I dare be ...
Page 207
... Spenser's ) poem as their source . In adapting Scylla to Error , Spenser , in contrast , overtly draws our attention to her source in Ovid in a number of ways : by leading us to Error's den through a patently Ovidian catalog of trees ...
... Spenser's ) poem as their source . In adapting Scylla to Error , Spenser , in contrast , overtly draws our attention to her source in Ovid in a number of ways : by leading us to Error's den through a patently Ovidian catalog of trees ...
Page 213
... Spenser's Letter to Raleigh as “ the armour of a Christian man specified by Saint Paul v . Ephes . " ) , whereupon he hears the dreadful approach of Orgoglio , a sign of his own swollen pride . Spenser's poetry , like Milton's , would ...
... Spenser's Letter to Raleigh as “ the armour of a Christian man specified by Saint Paul v . Ephes . " ) , whereupon he hears the dreadful approach of Orgoglio , a sign of his own swollen pride . Spenser's poetry , like Milton's , would ...
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