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... story ; it does not explain itself , or contain in its own structure what would enable a reader to understand how it arose . It has to be accounted for by a prose explanation and key outside of itself . The poet intended to reserve the ...
... story ; it does not explain itself , or contain in its own structure what would enable a reader to understand how it arose . It has to be accounted for by a prose explanation and key outside of itself . The poet intended to reserve the ...
Page 125
... story ; a story branching out into twelve separate stories , which them- selves would branch out again and involve endless other stories . It is a complex scheme to keep well in hand , and Spenser's art in doing so has been praised by ...
... story ; a story branching out into twelve separate stories , which them- selves would branch out again and involve endless other stories . It is a complex scheme to keep well in hand , and Spenser's art in doing so has been praised by ...
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... story , when they might make it imprudently close in its reflection of facts or resem- blance in portraiture . A feature is shown , a manifest allu- sion made , and then the poet starts off in other directions , to confuse and perplex ...
... story , when they might make it imprudently close in its reflection of facts or resem- blance in portraiture . A feature is shown , a manifest allu- sion made , and then the poet starts off in other directions , to confuse and perplex ...
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