Yearbook of Comparative Criticism, Volume 9Joseph Strelka |
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... poet must not merely transcribe or narrowly imitate an ancient model , but should draw on myth as a basis of new and personal expression . Herder seems to pose no limits to the freedom of the modern poet's appropriation of ancient myth ...
... poet must not merely transcribe or narrowly imitate an ancient model , but should draw on myth as a basis of new and personal expression . Herder seems to pose no limits to the freedom of the modern poet's appropriation of ancient myth ...
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... poetic strategy throughout the whole of his career . The young poet was deeply disturbed by his sense of frag- mentation and disorder . Late in life he set forth the injunction by which he sought to guide his literary art : " Hammer ...
... poetic strategy throughout the whole of his career . The young poet was deeply disturbed by his sense of frag- mentation and disorder . Late in life he set forth the injunction by which he sought to guide his literary art : " Hammer ...
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... poet not only related what could not be shown on the stage but also introduced suspense . Yet on the whole the poet was not interested in suspense and was free to concentrate on the essentials . He could and should emend the tradition ...
... poet not only related what could not be shown on the stage but also introduced suspense . Yet on the whole the poet was not interested in suspense and was free to concentrate on the essentials . He could and should emend the tradition ...
Contents
THE MYTH OF THE ARTIST | 3 |
MYTH POETRY AND CRITICAL THEORY | 51 |
MYTHOLOGICAL FICTION AND THE READING | 72 |
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