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Page 158
He shows close familiarity with the tradition , and Comus illustrates every one of the points made in the above description . There are , however , important differences between Comus and the typical masque of the period , differences ...
He shows close familiarity with the tradition , and Comus illustrates every one of the points made in the above description . There are , however , important differences between Comus and the typical masque of the period , differences ...
Page 172
His formal model is not the English sonnet , with its tendency to close with a couplet , but the Italian originals which , on the whole , avoided such an ending . It is not true that he violates Italian precedent by failing to preserve ...
His formal model is not the English sonnet , with its tendency to close with a couplet , but the Italian originals which , on the whole , avoided such an ending . It is not true that he violates Italian precedent by failing to preserve ...
Page 302
... seeking order and comprehensiveness even in the heat of poetical inspiration , is is well illustrated by such a passage as the comparison of a the Satanic host to various military assemblages of epic legend at the close of Book I of ...
... seeking order and comprehensiveness even in the heat of poetical inspiration , is is well illustrated by such a passage as the comparison of a the Satanic host to various military assemblages of epic legend at the close of Book I of ...
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