A Milton HandbookF. S. Crofts & Company, 1954 - 465 pages |
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Page 276
... true kingship is the sovereignty of man over himself , and the royal crown , golden in show , is but a wreath of thorns . In Book III , without break in the action , Satan pro- ceeds to propose the higher object - glory — a fruit of em ...
... true kingship is the sovereignty of man over himself , and the royal crown , golden in show , is but a wreath of thorns . In Book III , without break in the action , Satan pro- ceeds to propose the higher object - glory — a fruit of em ...
Page 328
... true founder of Milton's literary repu- tation was John Dryden , who returned to his work again and again in his prose discussions . The idea of Milton's unpopularity in the Restoration period was greatly exag- gerated by eighteenth ...
... true founder of Milton's literary repu- tation was John Dryden , who returned to his work again and again in his prose discussions . The idea of Milton's unpopularity in the Restoration period was greatly exag- gerated by eighteenth ...
Page 330
... true poetry . Finally , Milton's style and versification were fascinating by their very contrast with prevailing literary modes . He was a quarry of poetical phrase for everybody , even for Pope , and a direct model for the vast school ...
... true poetry . Finally , Milton's style and versification were fascinating by their very contrast with prevailing literary modes . He was a quarry of poetical phrase for everybody , even for Pope , and a direct model for the vast school ...
Contents
1 Composition and Publication | 1 |
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 268 |
MILTONS STYLE AND VERSIFICATION | 293 |
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