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Page 30
... voice but the omniscient . But once the in medias res is adopted , the exclusive use of the omniscient voice is no longer possible . The poet is forced to return to the flashbacks with a voice that is not omniscient and one whose ...
... voice but the omniscient . But once the in medias res is adopted , the exclusive use of the omniscient voice is no longer possible . The poet is forced to return to the flashbacks with a voice that is not omniscient and one whose ...
Page 48
... omniscient voice , having one delegated its authority , can no longer control in quite the same way . Having passed its function to another , it must honor for the moment the autonomous voice of the subordinate . - Thus , what becomes ...
... omniscient voice , having one delegated its authority , can no longer control in quite the same way . Having passed its function to another , it must honor for the moment the autonomous voice of the subordinate . - Thus , what becomes ...
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... omniscient voice has logically suspended its activity while a lesser speaker has taken over , the story which the new voice narrates must be directed both backward and forward . That is to say , the restricted story should function both ...
... omniscient voice has logically suspended its activity while a lesser speaker has taken over , the story which the new voice narrates must be directed both backward and forward . That is to say , the restricted story should function both ...
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Abdiel Achilles Adam Adam's adventures Aegisthus Aeneas's Aeneid Agamemnon allegory Amphialus Andromana angelic Antiphilus Arcadia Ariostan artistic audience Basilius Basilius's Beowulf Book Bowra C. S. Lewis Canto chapter characterization characters creation critics delegated voice device distinction divine dramatic E. M. W. Tillyard English epic epic poem epic simile epic voice episode example exposition Faerie Queene fiction function Guyon hero heroic poem Homer Iliad incident intention ironic Kalander's kind knowledge later limited literary epic main action main plot medias res structure metaphor Milton modulation Musidorus and Pyrocles Musidorus's narrative Nestor's obvious Odyssey Old Arcadia omniscient narration omniscient voice Pamela Paradise Lost parallel Phaeacians Philoclea poet poet's Poetry princes problem Raphael Raphael's narration recitation recognize Red Cross relationship restricted narration restricted voice reveals revision rhetorical romance romantic epic Satan's Sidney Sidney's Arcadia significant speaker Spenser story Swedenberg tangential narrations tion tradition Troy Ulysses Virgil Zelmane