The Pale Cast of Thought: Hesitation and Decision in the Renaissance EpicUniversity of Delaware Press, 1998 - 196 páginas This book focuses on specific moments of decision-making in the epic poems of Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, and Milton. In each of the poems, the hero must ultimately confront the choice of Aeneas at the end of the Aeneid - either to kill or to stay his hand. These later epic poems contain reflective heroes who resist the impulses of traditional martial heroism. As they deliberate, the progress of the narrative is suspended, and elements of comedy, lyric, picaresque, and romance threaten to fragment authority of the epic genre. Each of these moments reveals a particularly rich locus for observing the movement of the epic toward the novel. |
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... mind . Tasso's source for explaining how the poet leads the reader to this unmitigated truth is pseudo - Dionysius ... mind , which is intellect pure and simple . The other part , eager for wisdom , which uses demonstration , he assigns ...
... mind . Tasso's source for explaining how the poet leads the reader to this unmitigated truth is pseudo - Dionysius ... mind , which is intellect pure and simple . The other part , eager for wisdom , which uses demonstration , he assigns ...
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... mind with images , as the mystical theologian and the poet do , is a far more noble work than to instruct by demonstration , the function of the scholastic theologian . The mystical theologian and the poet , then , are noble beyond all ...
... mind with images , as the mystical theologian and the poet do , is a far more noble work than to instruct by demonstration , the function of the scholastic theologian . The mystical theologian and the poet , then , are noble beyond all ...
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... mind or his historical moment one can detect the cause ( or reality ) of the poet's madness , critics have tended to prioritize either the poet's mind or the poem's dialogue with extratextual forces . It may be useful to examine briefly ...
... mind or his historical moment one can detect the cause ( or reality ) of the poet's madness , critics have tended to prioritize either the poet's mind or the poem's dialogue with extratextual forces . It may be useful to examine briefly ...
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Preface | 7 |
Introduction | 13 |
The Flight from Authority in | 23 |
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