Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Rinehart, 1950 - 376 pages This book is an invitation to the reading of Milton. The major portion of the volumes consists of sixteen extended essays and studies from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries." -- Preface. |
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Page 55
... English , but ' tis Milton's English ; ' tis Latin , ' tis Greek English ; not only the words , the phraseology , the transpositions , but the ancient idiom is seen in all he writes , so that a learned foreigner will think Milton the ...
... English , but ' tis Milton's English ; ' tis Latin , ' tis Greek English ; not only the words , the phraseology , the transpositions , but the ancient idiom is seen in all he writes , so that a learned foreigner will think Milton the ...
Page 229
... English poet who wants to employ an English technique in addressing himself to an English public which can be expected to know its English formal tradition . Spenser an- ticipated Milton by employing the canzone effectively in at least ...
... English poet who wants to employ an English technique in addressing himself to an English public which can be expected to know its English formal tradition . Spenser an- ticipated Milton by employing the canzone effectively in at least ...
Page 308
... English . In Milton as in Bacon , Browne , and other representatives of or- nate sublimity , the main texture is pure English . It would be odd if it were not , since in all the essential features of his per- sonality and work Milton ...
... English . In Milton as in Bacon , Browne , and other representatives of or- nate sublimity , the main texture is pure English . It would be odd if it were not , since in all the essential features of his per- sonality and work Milton ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison Six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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