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... epic passed to reach this Augustan eminence . And now , the moment we leave the realm of the strictly classical epic , arises the difficulty of definition : what is to be included in the epic category ? There are two ways of meeting the ...
... epic passed to reach this Augustan eminence . And now , the moment we leave the realm of the strictly classical epic , arises the difficulty of definition : what is to be included in the epic category ? There are two ways of meeting the ...
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... epic in the realm of romance . Thus Dr. Mackail , in Springs of Helicon , notes the absence of real human beings in the Faerie Queene and calls that poem ' a romance wrapped in the imperial robes of the epic , but lacking her sceptre ...
... epic in the realm of romance . Thus Dr. Mackail , in Springs of Helicon , notes the absence of real human beings in the Faerie Queene and calls that poem ' a romance wrapped in the imperial robes of the epic , but lacking her sceptre ...
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... epic had changed , and why the late Latin epic was so ineffective . The late Latin poets had lost the political or social content that had been the life of the early epic without acquiring the true epic subject of the Christian era ...
... epic had changed , and why the late Latin epic was so ineffective . The late Latin poets had lost the political or social content that had been the life of the early epic without acquiring the true epic subject of the Christian era ...
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ANNUAL REPORT 19356 | 3 |
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THE ENGLISH EPIC TRADITION Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 35 |
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