John Milton: A Reader's Guide to His PoetryFarrar, Straus, 1963 - 385 pages |
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... classical literature . Shakespeare may have had " small Latin and less Greek , " but he had a great deal more Latin than most college stu- dents today . Perhaps Donne " banished the gods and goddesses " from his poetry , but neither ...
... classical literature . Shakespeare may have had " small Latin and less Greek , " but he had a great deal more Latin than most college stu- dents today . Perhaps Donne " banished the gods and goddesses " from his poetry , but neither ...
Page 184
... classical device , and in later pro- logues , Milton will give his Muse a classical name , Urania , goddess of astronomy , a fitting choice for a poem leading to Heaven . Here , however , she is called " Heavenly Muse , " and is ...
... classical device , and in later pro- logues , Milton will give his Muse a classical name , Urania , goddess of astronomy , a fitting choice for a poem leading to Heaven . Here , however , she is called " Heavenly Muse , " and is ...
Page 185
... classical poet to aid him in what he was attempting to write , Milton asks his Muse to lead him higher than the " Aonian mount " of the classical poets , since the subject of his epic is " higher " than theirs . Here our memories may go ...
... classical poet to aid him in what he was attempting to write , Milton asks his Muse to lead him higher than the " Aonian mount " of the classical poets , since the subject of his epic is " higher " than theirs . Here our memories may go ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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