The Neo-classical Epic, 1650-1720: An Ethical and Historical Interpretation |
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... kind will leave few impressions upon any of our spirits deep enough to last till the next morning , or rather to the next meal.115 Therefore Swift's sermons rarely appealed to the emotions , they " aimed at convincing the reason " .116 ...
... kind will leave few impressions upon any of our spirits deep enough to last till the next morning , or rather to the next meal.115 Therefore Swift's sermons rarely appealed to the emotions , they " aimed at convincing the reason " .116 ...
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... kind earlier showered on them . Disciplined freedom and other such virtues , he feels , are the basic requisites of a leader of the nation . He has realized , as Davenant had realized earlier , that it is the distempers of ambition ...
... kind earlier showered on them . Disciplined freedom and other such virtues , he feels , are the basic requisites of a leader of the nation . He has realized , as Davenant had realized earlier , that it is the distempers of ambition ...
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... kind . So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk , from thence the leaves More aerie , last the bright consummate floure Spirits odorous breathes : flours and thir fruit Mans nourishment , by gradual scale sublim'd To vital ...
... kind . So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk , from thence the leaves More aerie , last the bright consummate floure Spirits odorous breathes : flours and thir fruit Mans nourishment , by gradual scale sublim'd To vital ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Function of the Epic | 45 |
The Evolution of the English Ethical Epic | 87 |
Copyright | |
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accepted according to Pope Achilles Achilles's action Adam and Eve Adam's admiration Aeneas Agamemnon allegory angels Aureng-Zebe beauty believes Briseis celebrated character Christian Columbia Milton Cowley creation critics Davenant Davideis Dedication Dido Diomed divine Dryden Dryden's Aeneis duty English epic poem epic poetry episode Essay eternal ethical evil expression fall fancy fear freedom glory gods Gondibert Greeks Heaven Hector hero heroic play heroic poetry Homer honour Hooker human Ibid ideal imagination implies John Dryden Jove Juno king knowledge language liberty London man's manners mind moral nature neo-classical age neo-classical epic neo-classical poets obedience Paradise Lost passion Patroclus perfect pity pleasure poet's poetic Pope's Iliad Preface Priam prince Raphael reader reason Restoration comedy Satan says seems sense seventeenth century situation soul Spingarn spirit supernatural T.S. Eliot things Tillyard tion tragedy trans translation Trojans Troy truth VIII Virgil virtue words wrath