John Milton: A Reader's Guide to His PoetryFarrar, Straus, 1963 - 385 pages |
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... epic , treating of gods and " heroes half - divine , " the composers of which were not only the greatest poets but also teachers and prophets . Below the epic , though still in high place , was drama , which to Milton implied tragedy ...
... epic , treating of gods and " heroes half - divine , " the composers of which were not only the greatest poets but also teachers and prophets . Below the epic , though still in high place , was drama , which to Milton implied tragedy ...
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... epic . Indeed , during his second year at Cambridge , he tried his hand at a “ little epic ” in a Latin poem , " In Quintum Novembris . " As the title implies , the poem was written for November 5 , " Guy Fawkes ' Day . " Fawkes and ...
... epic . Indeed , during his second year at Cambridge , he tried his hand at a “ little epic ” in a Latin poem , " In Quintum Novembris . " As the title implies , the poem was written for November 5 , " Guy Fawkes ' Day . " Fawkes and ...
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... epic theme . During the Horton years Milton must have given a good deal of thought to the project , while he was training himself in many dif- ferent kinds of English verse . His ideas seem to have crystallized during his Italian ...
... epic theme . During the Horton years Milton must have given a good deal of thought to the project , while he was training himself in many dif- ferent kinds of English verse . His ideas seem to have crystallized during his Italian ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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