Author: BOWRA, C.M.
Title: From Virgil to Milton
Description: London, Macmillan. 1945, First. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear, gentle bumping to corner tips and some fading to spine. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked a Very Good+ copy. 247 pages. The book is a study of the literary epic in four of its chief examples, and especially of certain characteristics which seem to belong to this kind of poetry. Comprises; Some Characteristics of Literary Epic; Virgil and the Ideals of Rome; Camoes and the Epic of Portugal; Tasso and the Romance of Christian Chivalry; Milton and the Destiny of Man. 4. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Literary Epic, Virgil, Camoes, Tasso, Milton, Christian Chivalry


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