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locus amoenus: a standalone construct

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Literary theory

the pleasant place: a stock idealized landscape of shade, grass and running water used as a literary topos since antiquity.

In literary theory, locus amoenus refers to the pleasant place: a stock idealized landscape of shade, grass and running water used as a literary topos since antiquity. This meaning comes from Curtius (1948/1953) in European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages.[1]

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  1. Curtius, E. R. (1953). European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages (W. R. Trask, Trans.). Routledge. (Original work published 1948) ISBN 9780710012470

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