A Milton HandbookF. S. Crofts & Company, 1946 - 465 pages |
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Page 227
... Poetic myth was the only possible way of representing the " ideas " to human apprehension and only the poet - seer who had looked on the face of truth unveiled could so represent them . When Milton undertook to write the epic of the ...
... Poetic myth was the only possible way of representing the " ideas " to human apprehension and only the poet - seer who had looked on the face of truth unveiled could so represent them . When Milton undertook to write the epic of the ...
Page 262
... poetic mo- ment in both narratives is that in which the lovers waken with an intense feeling of loss , and the similarities in ex- pression are enough to suggest the discipleship of one poet to the other ; the differences measure the ...
... poetic mo- ment in both narratives is that in which the lovers waken with an intense feeling of loss , and the similarities in ex- pression are enough to suggest the discipleship of one poet to the other ; the differences measure the ...
Page 338
... poetic enthusiasm with precision of work- manship and restraint of mood made them , as Havens re- marks , particularly adapted to a transition stage between classicism and romanticism . Both Collins and Gray were inspired by them and ...
... poetic enthusiasm with precision of work- manship and restraint of mood made them , as Havens re- marks , particularly adapted to a transition stage between classicism and romanticism . Both Collins and Gray were inspired by them and ...
Contents
MATERIALS FOR MILTONS BIOGRAPHY | 1 |
THE PROSE WORKS | 68 |
THE MINOR POEMS | 132 |
Copyright | |
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