Milton: A Collection of Critical Essays, Volume 10Louis Lohr Martz Prentice-Hall, 1966 - 212 pages Critical essays about John Milton and his works. |
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Page 60
... effect . But these qualities operate through the poem's structure rather than its texture . The surface is not characteristically complex , and the resources of diction , syntax and imagery cooperate to clarify and in- tensify , rather ...
... effect . But these qualities operate through the poem's structure rather than its texture . The surface is not characteristically complex , and the resources of diction , syntax and imagery cooperate to clarify and in- tensify , rather ...
Page 71
... effect . That effect is above all to compensate for the somewhat stupefying power of the ' magnificent ' diction , to add possibilities of sur- prise to a technique of which one of the chief dangers is monotony . The play upon words and ...
... effect . That effect is above all to compensate for the somewhat stupefying power of the ' magnificent ' diction , to add possibilities of sur- prise to a technique of which one of the chief dangers is monotony . The play upon words and ...
Page 154
... effect that Milton achieves is the effect of strain . Things have now been pushed to the utmost , beyond which all heaven might have " gone to wrack . " If we do not regard this as humorless grandeur , we may suspect " jaculation " of ...
... effect that Milton achieves is the effect of strain . Things have now been pushed to the utmost , beyond which all heaven might have " gone to wrack . " If we do not regard this as humorless grandeur , we may suspect " jaculation " of ...
Contents
Introduction by Louis L Martz | 1 |
A Note on the Verse of John Milton by T S Eliot | 12 |
The Pastoral of the Innocence of | 19 |
Copyright | |
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