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... argument of Milton's " Il Penseroso . " One might say that Comus's argument takes a position directly opposed to that Milton held in the First Prolusion , in which he argues that Day is more excellent than Night . Assuming a negative ...
... argument of Milton's " Il Penseroso . " One might say that Comus's argument takes a position directly opposed to that Milton held in the First Prolusion , in which he argues that Day is more excellent than Night . Assuming a negative ...
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... argument is its overtly masculine bias : the reader is said to fall as Adam , not as Eve or ( most appropriately ) as " our first parents , ” the entire hu- man community , did . The crucial test of Fish's argument is how fully his ...
... argument is its overtly masculine bias : the reader is said to fall as Adam , not as Eve or ( most appropriately ) as " our first parents , ” the entire hu- man community , did . The crucial test of Fish's argument is how fully his ...
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... argument also enables him to sing of " Patience and Heroic Martyrdom " and other virtues that the descendants of ... argument , both con- tinue and develop " epic " poetry . That an epic poem may exist without a martial , heroic argument ...
... argument also enables him to sing of " Patience and Heroic Martyrdom " and other virtues that the descendants of ... argument , both con- tinue and develop " epic " poetry . That an epic poem may exist without a martial , heroic argument ...
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