Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
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The words beast , beastly , beastliness , brute beast , brute , brutish , and brutishness occur so frequently in Elizabethan prose that they may be considered favorite words ; 1 and the reason is not far to seek .
The words beast , beastly , beastliness , brute beast , brute , brutish , and brutishness occur so frequently in Elizabethan prose that they may be considered favorite words ; 1 and the reason is not far to seek .
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ticularly significant because their occurrence in the Elizabethan pastoral romances shows the persistence of a tradition which links the Elizabethan pastoral romance with the medieval romance . One of these types is the conventional ...
ticularly significant because their occurrence in the Elizabethan pastoral romances shows the persistence of a tradition which links the Elizabethan pastoral romance with the medieval romance . One of these types is the conventional ...
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In both Elizabethan pastoral romance and medieval romance , the old conflict between good and evil , between virtue and vice , is conventionally represented by the conflict in which a virtuous knight overcomes evil in beast form .
In both Elizabethan pastoral romance and medieval romance , the old conflict between good and evil , between virtue and vice , is conventionally represented by the conflict in which a virtuous knight overcomes evil in beast form .
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