Perspectives on EpicFrederick H. Candelaria, William C. Strange Allyn and Bacon, 1965 - 183 pages |
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... gods , he makes his gods like men . They have moments of majesty , when Zeus nods and shakes Olympus , when Poseidon crosses the sea in three strides , when Apollo descends with the plague " like the night . " But their action is not ...
... gods , he makes his gods like men . They have moments of majesty , when Zeus nods and shakes Olympus , when Poseidon crosses the sea in three strides , when Apollo descends with the plague " like the night . " But their action is not ...
Page 77
... God's speeches have hardly aroused critical enthusiasm , though Milton's skill in providing and adapting biblical phrases has been ad- mired . Perhaps it is no answer to say that Milton's God is not presented as a dramatic character ...
... God's speeches have hardly aroused critical enthusiasm , though Milton's skill in providing and adapting biblical phrases has been ad- mired . Perhaps it is no answer to say that Milton's God is not presented as a dramatic character ...
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... God again is " all in all , " but the beginning and end are the same point , the presence of God , renewed and ... gods affect the action from a con- tinuous present : Athene and Venus appear epiphanically , on definite occasions ...
... God again is " all in all , " but the beginning and end are the same point , the presence of God , renewed and ... gods affect the action from a con- tinuous present : Athene and Venus appear epiphanically , on definite occasions ...
Contents
Literature Without Letters Rhys Carpenter | 3 |
M Bowra | 10 |
Virgil Edith Hamilton | 23 |
Copyright | |
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