A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 465 pages |
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Page 207
... creation , a theme which Milton pursues with eager- ness after the general precedent of such independent Bib- lical poems as Du Bartas ' La Semaine and Tasso's Il Mondo Creato.18 Adam frames a modest request for the story ( lines 70 ff ...
... creation , a theme which Milton pursues with eager- ness after the general precedent of such independent Bib- lical poems as Du Bartas ' La Semaine and Tasso's Il Mondo Creato.18 Adam frames a modest request for the story ( lines 70 ff ...
Page 251
... creation of Earth and man as a rumor ( cf. P. L. I , 650 ff . ) . He flatteringly praises Eve's beauty , though not , as in Milton , before her sin . There is nothing , however , which can fairly be called conclusive of Milton's ...
... creation of Earth and man as a rumor ( cf. P. L. I , 650 ff . ) . He flatteringly praises Eve's beauty , though not , as in Milton , before her sin . There is nothing , however , which can fairly be called conclusive of Milton's ...
Page 252
... creation , with much detailed description of the wonders of the universe and with incidental treatment of the Fall . Du Bartas ' poem , like the first two chapters of Raleigh's History of the World , belongs in the tradition of ...
... creation , with much detailed description of the wonders of the universe and with incidental treatment of the Fall . Du Bartas ' poem , like the first two chapters of Raleigh's History of the World , belongs in the tradition of ...
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