A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 465 pages |
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Page 248
... ancient originals themselves . They are the precedents to which he wishes the reader to revert , recognizing with admiration the manner in which the new material is ingeniously made to conform to the ancient mould . For the larger ...
... ancient originals themselves . They are the precedents to which he wishes the reader to revert , recognizing with admiration the manner in which the new material is ingeniously made to conform to the ancient mould . For the larger ...
Page 249
... ancient repre- sentation of " hybris . " The remaining influence of ancient literature is largely a matter of style and allusion . We may note , however , that Milton's infernal council has a precedent in Claudian's De Raptu Proserpinae ...
... ancient repre- sentation of " hybris . " The remaining influence of ancient literature is largely a matter of style and allusion . We may note , however , that Milton's infernal council has a precedent in Claudian's De Raptu Proserpinae ...
Page 325
... ancient measures . In other respects this poetic form should perhaps be more correctly called monostrophic . The meters in part follow a definite scheme , in part are used freely ( apolelymenon ) . The Phalaecian verses twice admit a ...
... ancient measures . In other respects this poetic form should perhaps be more correctly called monostrophic . The meters in part follow a definite scheme , in part are used freely ( apolelymenon ) . The Phalaecian verses twice admit a ...
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