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 86
... Italian ; perhaps sometimes combined with other tongues . Of him , at last , may be said what Jonson says of Spen ... Italians , and some in his own country . The Earl of Surrey is said to have translated one of Virgil's books without ...
... Italian ; perhaps sometimes combined with other tongues . Of him , at last , may be said what Jonson says of Spen ... Italians , and some in his own country . The Earl of Surrey is said to have translated one of Virgil's books without ...
Page 140
... Italy ” and “ Vulcan , ” are heightened and improved : — In Ausonian land Men called him Mulciber . " Hephaistos , " the name dear to moderns , could have found no place in Milton's works , unless it had been put in a description of the ...
... Italy ” and “ Vulcan , ” are heightened and improved : — In Ausonian land Men called him Mulciber . " Hephaistos , " the name dear to moderns , could have found no place in Milton's works , unless it had been put in a description of the ...
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... Italian , and have me at a disadvantage . Milton knew his Italian . But he also knew his Spenser , and knowing that , it seems unnecessary to inquire whether he knew his Italian too ; for he had only to adapt a famous Spenserian stanza ...
... Italian , and have me at a disadvantage . Milton knew his Italian . But he also knew his Spenser , and knowing that , it seems unnecessary to inquire whether he knew his Italian too ; for he had only to adapt a famous Spenserian stanza ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison Six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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