Under Clouds of Poesy: Poetry and Truth in French and English Reworkings of the Aeneid, 1160-1513 |
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Page 96
... course , when making theological leaps of this sort that Robertson's reading of secular medieval literature becomes most controversial , and must rely most heavily on extra - literary evidence . Yet it may very well be possible to argue ...
... course , when making theological leaps of this sort that Robertson's reading of secular medieval literature becomes most controversial , and must rely most heavily on extra - literary evidence . Yet it may very well be possible to argue ...
Page 175
... course , is that Virgil's Aeneid is not a historic text , and is not a fully satisfactory source for a writer of history seeking to supersede inaccurate vernacular accounts . For all that we now know of the spuriousness of Dares ' eye ...
... course , is that Virgil's Aeneid is not a historic text , and is not a fully satisfactory source for a writer of history seeking to supersede inaccurate vernacular accounts . For all that we now know of the spuriousness of Dares ' eye ...
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... course , preceded Douglas by a few years in reproducing the order of Virgil's books in his own transla- tion . As we have noted above , however , Octovien's lack of any critical apparatus or commentary lessens his interest for us . 45 ...
... course , preceded Douglas by a few years in reproducing the order of Virgil's books in his own transla- tion . As we have noted above , however , Octovien's lack of any critical apparatus or commentary lessens his interest for us . 45 ...
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