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Page 62
... presence of the divine image in the works of exemplary pagans is reason enough for the Christian poet to turn to secular authors . Again , however , Milton places strict conditions of his approval of heathen poets . It is only by ...
... presence of the divine image in the works of exemplary pagans is reason enough for the Christian poet to turn to secular authors . Again , however , Milton places strict conditions of his approval of heathen poets . It is only by ...
Page 112
... presence of Ovid's Metamorphoses is especially discernible in this scene , it will also serve as a model , both of the way Ovid's poem informs the character of Satan and of the metamorphic effect this presence has on the notion of ...
... presence of Ovid's Metamorphoses is especially discernible in this scene , it will also serve as a model , both of the way Ovid's poem informs the character of Satan and of the metamorphic effect this presence has on the notion of ...
Page 149
... presence and narrative technique may be found in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso and Spenser's The Faerie Queene ; 1 Lucan's Pharsalia and Camoëns's Lusiad extensively adapt history to the Milton , " CL 26 ( 1974 ) , 299–317 ; and Barbara J ...
... presence and narrative technique may be found in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso and Spenser's The Faerie Queene ; 1 Lucan's Pharsalia and Camoëns's Lusiad extensively adapt history to the Milton , " CL 26 ( 1974 ) , 299–317 ; and Barbara J ...
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