The Neo-classical Epic, 1650-1720: An Ethical and Historical Interpretation |
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... man's awareness of the self , and , further , of the higher knowledge of the natural source of that awareness . As such , it is not merely a state of the consciousness of man's being , it is also a dynamic principle of the soul in the ...
... man's awareness of the self , and , further , of the higher knowledge of the natural source of that awareness . As such , it is not merely a state of the consciousness of man's being , it is also a dynamic principle of the soul in the ...
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... man's freedom . God in Paradise Lost foreknows the fall of the angels and the fall of man.21 So does Jove in Pope's Iliad reveal the events at the wall of Troy , 22 and in Dryden's Aeneis assures Venus of the foundation of Rome.23 God ...
... man's freedom . God in Paradise Lost foreknows the fall of the angels and the fall of man.21 So does Jove in Pope's Iliad reveal the events at the wall of Troy , 22 and in Dryden's Aeneis assures Venus of the foundation of Rome.23 God ...
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... man's earthly predicament . The core of the scheme of salvation , according to the neo- classical poets , lay in man's freedom to act on his own and earn his redemption . Therefore the initiative of action , humanly speaking , was ...
... man's earthly predicament . The core of the scheme of salvation , according to the neo- classical poets , lay in man's freedom to act on his own and earn his redemption . Therefore the initiative of action , humanly speaking , was ...
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