A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 465 pages |
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Page 112
... practice of the times , the Second Defense is a much nobler and more interesting book than the first . It was designed not merely to be a crushing blow to the author of the Clamor but also a worthy celebration of the cause of the ...
... practice of the times , the Second Defense is a much nobler and more interesting book than the first . It was designed not merely to be a crushing blow to the author of the Clamor but also a worthy celebration of the cause of the ...
Page 141
James Holly Hanford. to the practice of such Elizabethans as Jonson . The descrip- tion of the heavenly and heroic themes which he contem- plates ( suggestive of the subject matter of Du Bartas as well as of the ancient epic poets ) has ...
James Holly Hanford. to the practice of such Elizabethans as Jonson . The descrip- tion of the heavenly and heroic themes which he contem- plates ( suggestive of the subject matter of Du Bartas as well as of the ancient epic poets ) has ...
Page 296
... practice here of which abundant examples could not be found in English literature before Milton . The unique thing is the degree to which they be- come in him habitual features of style — the warp and woof of his poetical expression ...
... practice here of which abundant examples could not be found in English literature before Milton . The unique thing is the degree to which they be- come in him habitual features of style — the warp and woof of his poetical expression ...
Contents
MATERIALS FOR MILTONS BIOGRAPHY | 105 |
THE MINOR POEMS | 132 |
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 268 |
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