The Muse's Method: An Introduction to Paradise Lost, Volume 10Chatto & Windus, 1962 - 227 pages |
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Page 34
... heroic poem , whose business is to excite passions of a much nobler nature . ( No. 279 ) It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem should be both perspicuous and sublime . In proportion as either of these two qualities are ...
... heroic poem , whose business is to excite passions of a much nobler nature . ( No. 279 ) It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem should be both perspicuous and sublime . In proportion as either of these two qualities are ...
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... heroic . The absurdities in logic , in argument , in the inhabitants ' disguising or failing to recognize both their motives and their external situations are underlined for us by the poet , but the fabric of heroic appearance is never ...
... heroic . The absurdities in logic , in argument , in the inhabitants ' disguising or failing to recognize both their motives and their external situations are underlined for us by the poet , but the fabric of heroic appearance is never ...
Page 129
... heroic tradition . When " deeds of eternal fame " are " infinite , " it is difficult to choose particular ones for heroic celebration . When the good do not desire such celebration among men and the evil do not deserve it , the ...
... heroic tradition . When " deeds of eternal fame " are " infinite , " it is difficult to choose particular ones for heroic celebration . When the good do not desire such celebration among men and the evil do not deserve it , the ...
Contents
Preface page | ix |
The Beginning | 11 |
Satan Sin and Death | 32 |
Copyright | |
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