That, in order to
symbolize in epic form--that is to say, in _narrative_ form--the
dualistic sense of destiny and the destined, and both immediately
--Milton had to dissolve his human action in a
supernatural action, is the sign not merely of a development, but of a
re-creation, of epic art.
symbolize in epic form--that is to say, in _narrative_ form--the
dualistic sense of destiny and the destined, and both immediately
--Milton had to dissolve his human action in a
supernatural action, is the sign not merely of a development, but of a
re-creation, of epic art.
Lascelles Abercrombie - The Epic
