The Burial-places of Memory: Epic Underworlds in Vergil, Dante, and Milton |
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... look of innocence . Ignorance of language , like ignorance of the law , can no longer be a valid plea for the man who undertakes a prophetic poem . This is why we find Dante so often attempting to station us outside his own utterances ...
... look of innocence . Ignorance of language , like ignorance of the law , can no longer be a valid plea for the man who undertakes a prophetic poem . This is why we find Dante so often attempting to station us outside his own utterances ...
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... look back at the happy seat , we are reminded of the recurrent Vergilian verb respicere , the character- istic action of looking back over the shoulder at what is irretriev- ably lost . As Adam and Eve are led beyond the walls of ...
... look back at the happy seat , we are reminded of the recurrent Vergilian verb respicere , the character- istic action of looking back over the shoulder at what is irretriev- ably lost . As Adam and Eve are led beyond the walls of ...
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... Look : where you see high masonry thrown down , Stone torn from stone , with billowing smoke and dust , Neptune is shaking from their beds the walls That his great trident pried up , undermining , Toppling the whole city down . And look ...
... Look : where you see high masonry thrown down , Stone torn from stone , with billowing smoke and dust , Neptune is shaking from their beds the walls That his great trident pried up , undermining , Toppling the whole city down . And look ...
Contents
The Easy Descent from Avernus | 17 |
Language and History | 57 |
Traditions and the Individual Talent | 118 |
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