A Milton HandbookG. Bell, 1929 - 304 pages |
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Page 195
... epic may be mentioned : ( 1 ) the invoca- tion , repeated at important moments of change in the ac- tion ; ( 2 ) the enumeration of the host of Satan in Book I ; ( 3 ) the representation of a council of leaders in Book II and of divine ...
... epic may be mentioned : ( 1 ) the invoca- tion , repeated at important moments of change in the ac- tion ; ( 2 ) the enumeration of the host of Satan in Book I ; ( 3 ) the representation of a council of leaders in Book II and of divine ...
Page 240
... epic legend at the close of Book I of Paradise Lost : for never , since created Man , Met such embodied force as , named with these , Could merit more than that small infantry Warr'd on by cranes : though all the giant brood Of Phlegra ...
... epic legend at the close of Book I of Paradise Lost : for never , since created Man , Met such embodied force as , named with these , Could merit more than that small infantry Warr'd on by cranes : though all the giant brood Of Phlegra ...
Page 257
... epic . Some of his incidents have not " probability enough for an epic poem . " His digressions and his allusions to heathen fables in a Christian poem " sin against the canon of unity . " To other critics even these reservations were ...
... epic . Some of his incidents have not " probability enough for an epic poem . " His digressions and his allusions to heathen fables in a Christian poem " sin against the canon of unity . " To other critics even these reservations were ...
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