The Epic Voice

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