Parnassus Revisited: Modern Critical Essays on the Epic TraditionAnthony C. Yu |
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... kills outright is an elementary and coarse form of might . How much more varied in its devices ; how much more astonishing in its effects is that other which does not kill ; or which delays killing . It must surely kill , or it will perhaps ...
... kills outright is an elementary and coarse form of might . How much more varied in its devices ; how much more astonishing in its effects is that other which does not kill ; or which delays killing . It must surely kill , or it will perhaps ...
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... kill him . Of the two , he has always been the stronger in combat ; how much more so now after several weeks of rest and spurred on by ven- geance to victory against a spent enemy ! Here is Hector alone before the walls of Troy ...
... kill him . Of the two , he has always been the stronger in combat ; how much more so now after several weeks of rest and spurred on by ven- geance to victory against a spent enemy ! Here is Hector alone before the walls of Troy ...
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... kill him . Turnus is not , strictly speaking , pun- ished for killing Pallas ; for that is a legitimate act of war . He is killed because he lives a life of war and inevitably resorts to war when his will is crossed . He represents that ...
... kill him . Turnus is not , strictly speaking , pun- ished for killing Pallas ; for that is a legitimate act of war . He is killed because he lives a life of war and inevitably resorts to war when his will is crossed . He represents that ...
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Dwelling in Possibility: Women Poets and Critics on Poetry Yopie Prins,Maeera Shreiber Limited preview - 1997 |