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... effect through his narrative mode . Ovid's mannered narration leads readers to create their own images of the transformations , whereas dramatizing such changes would supply a deficient spectacle . Ovid's poem thus generates wonder ...
... effect through his narrative mode . Ovid's mannered narration leads readers to create their own images of the transformations , whereas dramatizing such changes would supply a deficient spectacle . Ovid's poem thus generates wonder ...
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... effect this presence has on the notion of heroism in Paradise Lost . The methods of characterization and corresponding effects , which , I will argue , bear a close kinship with those of the Meta- morphoses , are threefold . By ...
... effect this presence has on the notion of heroism in Paradise Lost . The methods of characterization and corresponding effects , which , I will argue , bear a close kinship with those of the Meta- morphoses , are threefold . By ...
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... effect " on Milton's temperament.46 In the poetry of Paradise Lost , one clear sign of this effect is the frequency of learned , Latinate puns , many of which go toward suggesting the low - mindedness of Satan . The puns cluster around ...
... effect " on Milton's temperament.46 In the poetry of Paradise Lost , one clear sign of this effect is the frequency of learned , Latinate puns , many of which go toward suggesting the low - mindedness of Satan . The puns cluster around ...
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