John Milton: A Reader's Guide to His PoetryFarrar, Straus, 1963 - 385 pages |
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... opening lines of the First Prolusion are a deliberate burlesque on classical models which Cambridge undergraduates were required to imitate . Modern stu- dents can share the fun Mr. Tillyard evokes as he analyzes the prologue to L ...
... opening lines of the First Prolusion are a deliberate burlesque on classical models which Cambridge undergraduates were required to imitate . Modern stu- dents can share the fun Mr. Tillyard evokes as he analyzes the prologue to L ...
Page 81
... opening remarks indicate , it goes back at least as far as Samuel Johnson , whom Mr. Tillyard quotes : ( p . 66 ) As a drama it is deficient . The action is not probable . A Masque , in those parts where supernatural intervention is ...
... opening remarks indicate , it goes back at least as far as Samuel Johnson , whom Mr. Tillyard quotes : ( p . 66 ) As a drama it is deficient . The action is not probable . A Masque , in those parts where supernatural intervention is ...
Page 218
... opening of Hell - gates , which Milton will contrast with the " harmonious sound " of the opening of the golden gates of Heaven as Christ goes forth to create new worlds ( VII . 205-209 ) . In Book II we are conscious of " impetuous ...
... opening of Hell - gates , which Milton will contrast with the " harmonious sound " of the opening of the golden gates of Heaven as Christ goes forth to create new worlds ( VII . 205-209 ) . In Book II we are conscious of " impetuous ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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