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 83
... Death , brough upon the stage , all as active persons of the drama ; but no precedents can justify absurdity . Milton's allegory of Sin and Death is undoubtedly faulty . Sin is indeed the mother of Death , and may be allowed to be the ...
... Death , brough upon the stage , all as active persons of the drama ; but no precedents can justify absurdity . Milton's allegory of Sin and Death is undoubtedly faulty . Sin is indeed the mother of Death , and may be allowed to be the ...
Page 213
... death as a punishment he later declares it to be a relief . Death is both , we know . And such a reconcile- ment of opposites furnishes the essential structure not only of the greatest epics but also of the greatest tragedies and lyrics ...
... death as a punishment he later declares it to be a relief . Death is both , we know . And such a reconcile- ment of opposites furnishes the essential structure not only of the greatest epics but also of the greatest tragedies and lyrics ...
Page 220
... death ensue , and Adam , wedded to another Eve , shall live with her enjoy- ing , I extinct ? A death to think ! So dear I love him , that with him all deaths I could endure , without him live no life.14 And that is true , despite the ...
... death ensue , and Adam , wedded to another Eve , shall live with her enjoy- ing , I extinct ? A death to think ! So dear I love him , that with him all deaths I could endure , without him live no life.14 And that is true , despite the ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison Six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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