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Page 42
... characters ' minds , his easy penetration of their feelings , and his partizanship — his sympathy with or censure of his characters , his covert and often overt bias , his parti pris . A character is not , in such a style , left to make ...
... characters ' minds , his easy penetration of their feelings , and his partizanship — his sympathy with or censure of his characters , his covert and often overt bias , his parti pris . A character is not , in such a style , left to make ...
Page 49
... characters ' motives , they can be co - ordinated with one another . This principle holds for all levels of the plot . There is Jupiter and the Roman programme , the divine plan , of which he alone has full cognizance and full command ...
... characters ' motives , they can be co - ordinated with one another . This principle holds for all levels of the plot . There is Jupiter and the Roman programme , the divine plan , of which he alone has full cognizance and full command ...
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... characters in the Flavian epics bear resemblances to characters in the Aeneid . The most striking of these is Capaneus in the Thebaid , who is described after the manner of Mezentius but is more elaborately drawn and plays a more ...
... characters in the Flavian epics bear resemblances to characters in the Aeneid . The most striking of these is Capaneus in the Thebaid , who is described after the manner of Mezentius but is more elaborately drawn and plays a more ...
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The Originality of the Aeneid | 27 |
Virgil and the Flavian Epic | 67 |
Virgil into Dante | 94 |
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