Geoffrey H. Hartman
...of the mind toward the fictions it entertains. The change from Hence loathed Melancholy Of Cerberus, and blackest midnight born, In Stygian Cave forlorn...'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy to Come pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, stedfast, and demure recapitulates the entire Renaissance...