A Milton HandbookF. S. Crofts & Company, 1946 - 465 pages |
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Page 179
... epic . He makes capital of this conviction as applied to himself and dramatically hails the intrusions of the " epic strain " into his now outgrown Arcadianism : " Begin and somewhat loudly sweep the string " ; " Return , Alpheus , that ...
... epic . He makes capital of this conviction as applied to himself and dramatically hails the intrusions of the " epic strain " into his now outgrown Arcadianism : " Begin and somewhat loudly sweep the string " ; " Return , Alpheus , that ...
Page 248
... epic - the Iliad , the Odyssey , and the Aeneid - furnishes Milton with his au- thoritative model of form and structure as Scripture does of substance and interpretation . The classical epic conven- tions were , of course , fixed by ...
... epic - the Iliad , the Odyssey , and the Aeneid - furnishes Milton with his au- thoritative model of form and structure as Scripture does of substance and interpretation . The classical epic conven- tions were , of course , fixed by ...
Page 259
... EPIC ; SPENSER ; THE FLETCHERS ; Shakespeare ; Marlowe . It would naturally be expected that Milton's enthusiasm for the Renaissance masters of romantic narrative , which must have dominated his pur- pose so long as he continued to ...
... EPIC ; SPENSER ; THE FLETCHERS ; Shakespeare ; Marlowe . It would naturally be expected that Milton's enthusiasm for the Renaissance masters of romantic narrative , which must have dominated his pur- pose so long as he continued to ...
Contents
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 12 |
MILTONS STYLE AND VERSIFICATION | 151 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 422 |
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