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... Comus . She , on the one hand , is the living embodiment of the Miltonic ideal of rational liberty . Trapped in Comus's palace , and beset by his sorcerish enchantments , she defiantly affirms her belief ( and Milton's ) in the power of ...
... Comus . She , on the one hand , is the living embodiment of the Miltonic ideal of rational liberty . Trapped in Comus's palace , and beset by his sorcerish enchantments , she defiantly affirms her belief ( and Milton's ) in the power of ...
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... Comus , and on the problem of determining the extent to which that structure can be seen as dependent on the wider structure of the Protestant rationalist world vision . But this rationalism developed in deliberate opposition to an ...
... Comus , and on the problem of determining the extent to which that structure can be seen as dependent on the wider structure of the Protestant rationalist world vision . But this rationalism developed in deliberate opposition to an ...
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... Comus's sexual libertinism , overtly sensual , yet lacking in all suggestion of emotional commitment , is similarly representative of contemporary cavalier morals . 181 Comus not only sounds like a cavalier , but he also , apparently ...
... Comus's sexual libertinism , overtly sensual , yet lacking in all suggestion of emotional commitment , is similarly representative of contemporary cavalier morals . 181 Comus not only sounds like a cavalier , but he also , apparently ...
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Goldmanns Genetic Structuralism | 8 |
A Note on the Problem of Aesthetics | 18 |
Lukács and Socialist Realism | 24 |
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