Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volumes 1-2C. Stower, 1807 |
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... . SECT . V. Of Spenser's Imitations from Chaucer • 188 SECT . VI . Of Spenser's imitations from Ariosto .272 SECT : VII . Of Spenser's inaccuracies 312 REESE LIDRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ON THE FAIRY PR2358.
... . SECT . V. Of Spenser's Imitations from Chaucer • 188 SECT . VI . Of Spenser's imitations from Ariosto .272 SECT : VII . Of Spenser's inaccuracies 312 REESE LIDRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ON THE FAIRY PR2358.
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... Ariosto , many years after the revival of letters , rejecting truth for magic , and preferring the ridiculous and in- coherent excursions of Boyardo , to the pro- priety and uniformity of the Grecian and Roman models . Nor did the ...
... Ariosto , many years after the revival of letters , rejecting truth for magic , and preferring the ridiculous and in- coherent excursions of Boyardo , to the pro- priety and uniformity of the Grecian and Roman models . Nor did the ...
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... Ariosto paragonato ad Omero , & c . + He died 1550. Ariosto 1535 . L'Italia Liberata di Goti , 1524. It is in blank verse , which the author would have introduced instead of the Terza Rima of Dante , or the Ottava of Boccace . sensible ...
... Ariosto paragonato ad Omero , & c . + He died 1550. Ariosto 1535 . L'Italia Liberata di Goti , 1524. It is in blank verse , which the author would have introduced instead of the Terza Rima of Dante , or the Ottava of Boccace . sensible ...
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... Ariosto , with all his extravagancies , was still preferred . The superiority of the Orlando Furioso was at length established by a formal decree of the academicians della Crusca , who , amongst other literary debates , held a solemn ...
... Ariosto , with all his extravagancies , was still preferred . The superiority of the Orlando Furioso was at length established by a formal decree of the academicians della Crusca , who , amongst other literary debates , held a solemn ...
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... Ariosto , was to consist of allegories , enchantments , and romantic expeditions , conducted by knights , giants , magicians , and fictitious be- ings . It may be urged , that Spenser made an unfortunate choice , and discovered but ...
... Ariosto , was to consist of allegories , enchantments , and romantic expeditions , conducted by knights , giants , magicians , and fictitious be- ings . It may be urged , that Spenser made an unfortunate choice , and discovered but ...
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