The Burial-places of Memory: Epic Underworlds in Vergil, Dante, and Milton |
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... original relation to the universe ? Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition , and a religion by rev- elation to us , and not the history of theirs ? Embosomed for a season in nature . . . why ...
... original relation to the universe ? Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition , and a religion by rev- elation to us , and not the history of theirs ? Embosomed for a season in nature . . . why ...
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... original physical meaning of " heavy . " The pope's arguments are weighty for Guido because they implicitly appeal to his superstitious attraction to the glamour of objects , to the prestige that physical presence has over the harder ...
... original physical meaning of " heavy . " The pope's arguments are weighty for Guido because they implicitly appeal to his superstitious attraction to the glamour of objects , to the prestige that physical presence has over the harder ...
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... original Paradise that contained " In narrow room Nature's whole wealth , yea more " ( 4.207 ) , and no need for adventurous voyages to procure it . Nor should we forget that Satan's voyage of discovery recalls the scene in Hell that we ...
... original Paradise that contained " In narrow room Nature's whole wealth , yea more " ( 4.207 ) , and no need for adventurous voyages to procure it . Nor should we forget that Satan's voyage of discovery recalls the scene in Hell that we ...
Contents
The Easy Descent from Avernus | 17 |
Language and History | 57 |
Traditions and the Individual Talent | 118 |
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