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Page 172
... reader is aware of the importance of the theme , the act of reading is less one of response to that theme than of interest in Fletcher's style and re- sourcefulness , while the distancing produced by style and the pastoral de- vice ...
... reader is aware of the importance of the theme , the act of reading is less one of response to that theme than of interest in Fletcher's style and re- sourcefulness , while the distancing produced by style and the pastoral de- vice ...
Page 175
... readers a fully realized incident . In The Faerie Queen , as in Paradise Lost , the material and the explanation interact , sometimes conflict , and the reader is thereby drawn into dialogue with the work , whereas in Gondibert ex ...
... readers a fully realized incident . In The Faerie Queen , as in Paradise Lost , the material and the explanation interact , sometimes conflict , and the reader is thereby drawn into dialogue with the work , whereas in Gondibert ex ...
Page 186
... reader did ) . By definition he is ineffable and ultimately inscrutable , his ' human ' attributes embodied in his son . A reader knows that theologically God is right , but also that God cannot be com- prehended by mankind . The ...
... reader did ) . By definition he is ineffable and ultimately inscrutable , his ' human ' attributes embodied in his son . A reader knows that theologically God is right , but also that God cannot be com- prehended by mankind . The ...
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