A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance: With Special Reference to the Influence of Italy in the Formation and Development of Modern ClassicismColumbia University Press, 1899 - 330 pages |
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... natural that medieval writers should substitute more practical reasons for the metaphysical argu- ments of Plato . According to the criterion of reality , it was urged that poetry in its very essence is untrue , that at bottom it is ...
... natural that medieval writers should substitute more practical reasons for the metaphysical argu- ments of Plato . According to the criterion of reality , it was urged that poetry in its very essence is untrue , that at bottom it is ...
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... nature , through wisdom , to final happiness . From this period , the allegorical method be- came the recognized mode of interpreting litera- ture , whether sacred or profane . Petrarch , in his letter , De quibusdam fictionibus ...
... nature , through wisdom , to final happiness . From this period , the allegorical method be- came the recognized mode of interpreting litera- ture , whether sacred or profane . Petrarch , in his letter , De quibusdam fictionibus ...
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... nature than that of the Middle Ages . The allegorical interpretation did indeed continue throughout the Renaissance , and Mantuan , for example , can only 1 Berni , p . 226 sq . 2 Petrarch , Opera , p . 1205 ; cf. Boccaccio , Gen. degli ...
... nature than that of the Middle Ages . The allegorical interpretation did indeed continue throughout the Renaissance , and Mantuan , for example , can only 1 Berni , p . 226 sq . 2 Petrarch , Opera , p . 1205 ; cf. Boccaccio , Gen. degli ...
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... nature , are described by the poets in musical numbers and with exquisite orna- ment . He furthermore asserts , in the manner of Horace , that the poets were the inventors of the arts of life ; and in answer to the objection that it was ...
... nature , are described by the poets in musical numbers and with exquisite orna- ment . He furthermore asserts , in the manner of Horace , that the poets were the inventors of the arts of life ; and in answer to the objection that it was ...
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... natural or historical facts in so far as he , too , is merely skilled in language , but knows these facts in so far as he is learned , and has thought out the problems of nature and history . The poet , as well as the phil- osopher and ...
... natural or historical facts in so far as he , too , is merely skilled in language , but knows these facts in so far as he is learned , and has thought out the problems of nature and history . The poet , as well as the phil- osopher and ...
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