The Burial-places of Memory: Epic Underworlds in Vergil, Dante, and Milton |
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... metaphor entirely , but language truly free of metaphor ( if such can be conceived ) has probably relinquished its title to the name of poetry.7 There must have been for Milton a good deal of anxiety bound up with this necessity for ...
... metaphor entirely , but language truly free of metaphor ( if such can be conceived ) has probably relinquished its title to the name of poetry.7 There must have been for Milton a good deal of anxiety bound up with this necessity for ...
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... metaphor of the sun as a sower of pearl upon the earth in the opening lines of the fifth book . Or perhaps this is to emphasize unduly a relatively tiny passage ; let us say , rather , that Milton's modest metaphor participates in a ...
... metaphor of the sun as a sower of pearl upon the earth in the opening lines of the fifth book . Or perhaps this is to emphasize unduly a relatively tiny passage ; let us say , rather , that Milton's modest metaphor participates in a ...
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... Metaphors , 173 , 192 ; in Dante , 61 , 86 , 131 ; Homer's sun metaphor , 134-35 ; necessity for , 132–33 . See also individual works Mezentius , 28 Michael ( angel ) , 125 , 130 , 148 , 168 Middle Ages , 67 , 70 Milton , John , 7 , 9 ...
... Metaphors , 173 , 192 ; in Dante , 61 , 86 , 131 ; Homer's sun metaphor , 134-35 ; necessity for , 132–33 . See also individual works Mezentius , 28 Michael ( angel ) , 125 , 130 , 148 , 168 Middle Ages , 67 , 70 Milton , John , 7 , 9 ...
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The Easy Descent from Avernus | 17 |
Language and History | 57 |
Traditions and the Individual Talent | 118 |
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