ELH., Volume 72Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005 ELH publishes studies that interpret the conditions affecting major works in English and American literature. The journal seeks to emphasize the importance of historical continuity in the discipline of letters without sponsoring particular methods or aims. |
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... hero " ) but rather because it best names the essence of heroism . Being heroic , a hero does not decide between being a tragic hero and being a religious hero . A tragic hero decides whether also to be a religious hero , if that is ...
... hero " ) but rather because it best names the essence of heroism . Being heroic , a hero does not decide between being a tragic hero and being a religious hero . A tragic hero decides whether also to be a religious hero , if that is ...
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... hero . For undecidability is not the mark of a hero.15 Where there is undecidability in Milton's poem , it concerns only the kind of hero the hero is , not his heroism as such . Milton does not create a hero who wavers uneasily ...
... hero . For undecidability is not the mark of a hero.15 Where there is undecidability in Milton's poem , it concerns only the kind of hero the hero is , not his heroism as such . Milton does not create a hero who wavers uneasily ...
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... hero , then , Milton hits on the one trait that would allow his hero to remain the hero he is without foreclosing the possibility of his being a knight of faith . For , as I began by noting , silence itself is proper to the hero . But ...
... hero , then , Milton hits on the one trait that would allow his hero to remain the hero he is without foreclosing the possibility of his being a knight of faith . For , as I began by noting , silence itself is proper to the hero . But ...
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Libertine Spaces and the Female Body in the Poetry of Rochester | 553 |
Shelleys Uncertain Heaven | 577 |
Everyday War | 605 |
Copyright | |
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