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... lady leads to a tanist's sovereignty in the kingdom . In either case , the loathly lady would seem to derive from some Perse- phonic figure deep in the Celtic twilight , some combination of crone and virgin , spring goddess and ...
... lady leads to a tanist's sovereignty in the kingdom . In either case , the loathly lady would seem to derive from some Perse- phonic figure deep in the Celtic twilight , some combination of crone and virgin , spring goddess and ...
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... lady much and long . The cruelest line in the poem - the casual indifference with which he contemplates his love taking a new lover and " a new Imbrace " -masquerades as an argu- ment of fairness and equity . By the third stanza , the ...
... lady much and long . The cruelest line in the poem - the casual indifference with which he contemplates his love taking a new lover and " a new Imbrace " -masquerades as an argu- ment of fairness and equity . By the third stanza , the ...
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... lady of the poem - rather he will seek to possess , briefly , “ all other Beau- ties . " The first and last stanzas describe a man free to choose , un- possessed by any woman ; the middle stanzas describe a man psycho- logically driven ...
... lady of the poem - rather he will seek to possess , briefly , “ all other Beau- ties . " The first and last stanzas describe a man free to choose , un- possessed by any woman ; the middle stanzas describe a man psycho- logically driven ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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