A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 465 pages |
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Page 152
... detail is so similar to Milton's as to make it seem plausible that Burton's poem afforded the initial suggestion for his own . The opening of Il Penseroso is plainly reminis- cent of a song in Beaumont and Fletcher's Nice Valour , in ...
... detail is so similar to Milton's as to make it seem plausible that Burton's poem afforded the initial suggestion for his own . The opening of Il Penseroso is plainly reminis- cent of a song in Beaumont and Fletcher's Nice Valour , in ...
Page 217
... theological tradition and as better adapted to imaginative representa- tion . With the mathematical detail of this system he was thoroughly familiar , and we know that he taught the PARADISE LOST 217 (3) Cosmology and Doctrinal Content.
... theological tradition and as better adapted to imaginative representa- tion . With the mathematical detail of this system he was thoroughly familiar , and we know that he taught the PARADISE LOST 217 (3) Cosmology and Doctrinal Content.
Page 284
... detail of his drama Milton is often reminiscent of the ancients . He employs , though sparingly , stichomythia or a series of alternate speeches of a line length each , and he imitates the riddling question and answer characteristic of ...
... detail of his drama Milton is often reminiscent of the ancients . He employs , though sparingly , stichomythia or a series of alternate speeches of a line length each , and he imitates the riddling question and answer characteristic of ...
Contents
MATERIALS FOR MILTONS BIOGRAPHY | 105 |
THE MINOR POEMS | 132 |
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 268 |
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