Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Rinehart, 1950 - 376 pages |
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... whole circle of being , whether within the verge of nature or out of it , has a proper part assigned it in this admirable poem . In poetry , as in architecture , not only the whole , but the principal members , and every part of them ...
... whole circle of being , whether within the verge of nature or out of it , has a proper part assigned it in this admirable poem . In poetry , as in architecture , not only the whole , but the principal members , and every part of them ...
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... whole poem which may deserve that title . Gyas , Mnestheus , Sergestus , and Cloanthus , are all of them men of the same stamp and character . -FORTEMQUE GYAN , FORTEMQUE CLOANTHUM VIRGIL There are , indeed , several natural incidents ...
... whole poem which may deserve that title . Gyas , Mnestheus , Sergestus , and Cloanthus , are all of them men of the same stamp and character . -FORTEMQUE GYAN , FORTEMQUE CLOANTHUM VIRGIL There are , indeed , several natural incidents ...
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... whole of Milton's doctrine , and gives a new depth to his art and thought . We have seen repeatedly that Satan is the prototype of all that Milton execrates — ty- rants , kings , popes , priests even . They come dangerously near to ...
... whole of Milton's doctrine , and gives a new depth to his art and thought . We have seen repeatedly that Satan is the prototype of all that Milton execrates — ty- rants , kings , popes , priests even . They come dangerously near to ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison SIX Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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