Fables of Identity: Studies in Poetic MythologyIn this outstanding collection of sixteen essays, the world-renowned critic and scholar discusses various works in the central tradition of English mythopoeic poetry, paying particular attention to the centrality of Romanticism. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
How True a Twain | 88 |
Recognition in The Winters Tale | 107 |
Copyright | |
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