The Offensive Art: The Liberation of Poetic Imagination in Augustan SatireBrynmill, 1991 - 235 Seiten |
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... speak of mysterious and marvellous events , of tragedies and undying loves their scepticism and good sense got the better of them . Though they might suppress their incredu- lity , what they wrote testified to their lack of conviction ...
... speak of mysterious and marvellous events , of tragedies and undying loves their scepticism and good sense got the better of them . Though they might suppress their incredu- lity , what they wrote testified to their lack of conviction ...
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... speaking as a man of sense in saying so . In the poem , the poet speaks , and what he says does not always fit in neatly ... speak of great and trivial subjects are borne out by the poem , in another sense they are being subverted by the ...
... speaking as a man of sense in saying so . In the poem , the poet speaks , and what he says does not always fit in neatly ... speak of great and trivial subjects are borne out by the poem , in another sense they are being subverted by the ...
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... speak , and so distinguish both himself and the language of his time . It is a barbaric tongue until the poet has spoken and purified it . To speak it satirically is to purify it through the rejection : The first thus open'd : " Hear ...
... speak , and so distinguish both himself and the language of his time . It is a barbaric tongue until the poet has spoken and purified it . To speak it satirically is to purify it through the rejection : The first thus open'd : " Hear ...
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Note on Texts page | 7 |
An Essay on Man | 175 |
The Dunciad | 198 |
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