The Offensive Art: The Liberation of Poetic Imagination in Augustan Satire |
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... given to the translation of epic . Translation provided the Augustans with a style which allowed them to scatter hints and echoes of the past throughout their poetry . The illusion that they themselves possessed this vision is strong ...
... given to the translation of epic . Translation provided the Augustans with a style which allowed them to scatter hints and echoes of the past throughout their poetry . The illusion that they themselves possessed this vision is strong ...
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... given very little thought , yet it is all said with an air of authority which makes Pope's compliance seem deliberate , where Dryden's seems to stem from servility or indolence . The Essay on Criticism , being largely concerned with ...
... given very little thought , yet it is all said with an air of authority which makes Pope's compliance seem deliberate , where Dryden's seems to stem from servility or indolence . The Essay on Criticism , being largely concerned with ...
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... given up , as he himself recognized . He placed the claims of the subject as he conceived it prior to those of poetry - despite the fact that he was a poet . This was a choice he made , and was free to make . Other poets have employed ...
... given up , as he himself recognized . He placed the claims of the subject as he conceived it prior to those of poetry - despite the fact that he was a poet . This was a choice he made , and was free to make . Other poets have employed ...
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