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... followed , the second what to be avoided . Here , in embryo , is the Renaissance notion of epic and tragedy . Epic , it must be added , could include ' tragedy ' within its compass , while tragedy was for long allowed to be in narrative ...
... followed , the second what to be avoided . Here , in embryo , is the Renaissance notion of epic and tragedy . Epic , it must be added , could include ' tragedy ' within its compass , while tragedy was for long allowed to be in narrative ...
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... followed all the antique poets historical ; first Homer , who in the persons of Agamemnon and Ulysses hath ensam- pled a good governor and a virtuous man ... then Virgil , whose like intention was to do in the person of Aeneas ; after ...
... followed all the antique poets historical ; first Homer , who in the persons of Agamemnon and Ulysses hath ensam- pled a good governor and a virtuous man ... then Virgil , whose like intention was to do in the person of Aeneas ; after ...
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... followed this in 1920 with ' Modern History in Oxford , 1841-1918 ' . These two papers were partly inspired by the hope that the previous record of the regius professorship and of the study of history at Oxford would facilitate the ...
... followed this in 1920 with ' Modern History in Oxford , 1841-1918 ' . These two papers were partly inspired by the hope that the previous record of the regius professorship and of the study of history at Oxford would facilitate the ...
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THE ENGLISH EPIC TRADITION Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 35 |
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