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... late Latin and early Renaissance epic practice . But there was another way of interpreting Homer and Virgil which both leads to a new type of epic and explains the barrenness of late Latin epic : the allegorical . Though this arose long ...
... late Latin and early Renaissance epic practice . But there was another way of interpreting Homer and Virgil which both leads to a new type of epic and explains the barrenness of late Latin epic : the allegorical . Though this arose long ...
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... 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 : the pilgrimage of the human soul ...
... 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 : the pilgrimage of the human soul ...
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... late , sleeper ( unless Chapel called ) , and enjoyed good plain food and sound wine . Talking of Robertson Smith ... late in the evening as an alternative to whisky . Late in life cross- words , at the solution of which he was ...
... late , sleeper ( unless Chapel called ) , and enjoyed good plain food and sound wine . Talking of Robertson Smith ... late in the evening as an alternative to whisky . Late in life cross- words , at the solution of which he was ...
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THE ENGLISH EPIC TRADITION Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 35 |
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