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... detail and commentary which is found in Poly - Olbion , we may argue that Jonson is not offering a naturalistic account of the Sidneys ' house at Penshurst . Jonson does offer details , and it has been shown that his poem provides an ...
... detail and commentary which is found in Poly - Olbion , we may argue that Jonson is not offering a naturalistic account of the Sidneys ' house at Penshurst . Jonson does offer details , and it has been shown that his poem provides an ...
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... detail that the combination of detail and ideal amounts to a persuasive version of what should be poss- ible for mankind . The ideals , and their fictional enactment , follow so con- vincingly from the concrete detail that we are drawn ...
... detail that the combination of detail and ideal amounts to a persuasive version of what should be poss- ible for mankind . The ideals , and their fictional enactment , follow so con- vincingly from the concrete detail that we are drawn ...
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... detail and George Herbert is capable of satirical moments , but in Jonson's poetry satirical analysis is often fundamental . Jonson never calls a poem of his a satire ( ' A Satirical Shrub ' being the nearest he comes ) and he has ...
... detail and George Herbert is capable of satirical moments , but in Jonson's poetry satirical analysis is often fundamental . Jonson never calls a poem of his a satire ( ' A Satirical Shrub ' being the nearest he comes ) and he has ...
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