John Milton: A Reader's Guide to His PoetryFarrar, Straus, 1963 - 385 pages |
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Page 186
... character of Satan is one of the greatest creations in any lan- guage . The greatness lies not only — indeed , not primarily — in the depiction of the majestic character of Books I and II , but in the slow and steady degeneration of an ...
... character of Satan is one of the greatest creations in any lan- guage . The greatness lies not only — indeed , not primarily — in the depiction of the majestic character of Books I and II , but in the slow and steady degeneration of an ...
Page 202
... character but a personification . The word meaning " worthlesssess ” was used in the Old Testament to imply evil , particularly lust . Before Milton made him a living character , he had occasionally appeared in medieval literature as a ...
... character but a personification . The word meaning " worthlesssess ” was used in the Old Testament to imply evil , particularly lust . Before Milton made him a living character , he had occasionally appeared in medieval literature as a ...
Page 223
... character in literature , sculpture , painting , though the depiction in the plastic arts has been more often satisfying than in literary works in which God appears as a speaking character . If God is truly " ineffable , " He should ...
... character in literature , sculpture , painting , though the depiction in the plastic arts has been more often satisfying than in literary works in which God appears as a speaking character . If God is truly " ineffable , " He should ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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