Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Octagon Books, 1966 - 376 pages |
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... fable is , that the event of it is unhappy . The fable of every poem is , according to Aristotle's division , either Simple or Implex . It is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it : implex , when the fortune of the ...
... fable is , that the event of it is unhappy . The fable of every poem is , according to Aristotle's division , either Simple or Implex . It is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it : implex , when the fortune of the ...
Page 49
... fable , which is the most perfect in tragedy , is not so proper for an heroic poem . Milton seems to have been sensible of this imperfection in his fable , and has therefore endeavoured to cure it by several ex- pedients ; particularly ...
... fable , which is the most perfect in tragedy , is not so proper for an heroic poem . Milton seems to have been sensible of this imperfection in his fable , and has therefore endeavoured to cure it by several ex- pedients ; particularly ...
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... fable some particulars which do not seem to have probability enough for an epic poem , particularly in the actions which he ascribes to Sin and Death , and the picture which he draws of the Limbo of Vanity , with other passages in the ...
... fable some particulars which do not seem to have probability enough for an epic poem , particularly in the actions which he ascribes to Sin and Death , and the picture which he draws of the Limbo of Vanity , with other passages in the ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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