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Page 74
... situations of romance are further complicated by the lavish use of the ✓ convention of disguise . A typical situation in the Arcadia is the plight of Pyrocles , disguised as Zelmane , an Amazon , in order to court Philo- clea , the ...
... situations of romance are further complicated by the lavish use of the ✓ convention of disguise . A typical situation in the Arcadia is the plight of Pyrocles , disguised as Zelmane , an Amazon , in order to court Philo- clea , the ...
Page 150
... situation by means of ingenious hypotheses not taken from the source is parallel to the imaginary situations of the orators . And the legalistic refinement of some of the points of honor is exactly in the spirit of certain of the Contro ...
... situation by means of ingenious hypotheses not taken from the source is parallel to the imaginary situations of the orators . And the legalistic refinement of some of the points of honor is exactly in the spirit of certain of the Contro ...
Page 177
... situation but not the man . The rhetorical means chosen to make this situation emotionally persuasive might equally well be applied to other situations as well as to other characters . Beaumont's more careful suiting of language to a ...
... situation but not the man . The rhetorical means chosen to make this situation emotionally persuasive might equally well be applied to other situations as well as to other characters . Beaumont's more careful suiting of language to a ...
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