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... critics and translators , who altered the philosopher even as they spread his theory . Milton's keen interest in Renais- sance Italian criticism , particularly in the commentaries of 17 Ben Jonson , Works , 11 vols . , ed . C. H. ...
... critics and translators , who altered the philosopher even as they spread his theory . Milton's keen interest in Renais- sance Italian criticism , particularly in the commentaries of 17 Ben Jonson , Works , 11 vols . , ed . C. H. ...
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... critics , it must surely be that Aristotle , although commanding great respect , could be enriched or expanded in light of the successful innova- tions of the best modern poets . The central problem faced by the Italian critics of ...
... critics , it must surely be that Aristotle , although commanding great respect , could be enriched or expanded in light of the successful innova- tions of the best modern poets . The central problem faced by the Italian critics of ...
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... criticism puckishly yet consistently practices what he calls " antithetical criticism , " which he sees as a series of misreadings anxiously opposed to the standard misreadings of his precursor critics . In fairness to Bloom , he ...
... criticism puckishly yet consistently practices what he calls " antithetical criticism , " which he sees as a series of misreadings anxiously opposed to the standard misreadings of his precursor critics . In fairness to Bloom , he ...
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