A Milton HandbookF. S. Crofts & Company, 1946 - 465 pages |
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Page 166
... poetic art . We learn , for example , that the flower passage was an after- thought and we can trace the phrasing of many another passage through various stages on the way to its final per- fection . A few corrections are inserted in ...
... poetic art . We learn , for example , that the flower passage was an after- thought and we can trace the phrasing of many another passage through various stages on the way to its final per- fection . A few corrections are inserted in ...
Page 227
... Poetic myth was the only possible way of representing the " ideas " to human apprehension and only the poet - seer who had looked on the face of truth unveiled could so represent them . When Milton undertook to write the epic of the ...
... Poetic myth was the only possible way of representing the " ideas " to human apprehension and only the poet - seer who had looked on the face of truth unveiled could so represent them . When Milton undertook to write the epic of the ...
Page 262
... poetic mo- ment in both narratives is that in which the lovers waken with an intense feeling of loss , and the similarities in ex- pression are enough to suggest the discipleship of one poet to the other ; the differences measure the ...
... poetic mo- ment in both narratives is that in which the lovers waken with an intense feeling of loss , and the similarities in ex- pression are enough to suggest the discipleship of one poet to the other ; the differences measure the ...
Contents
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 12 |
MILTONS STYLE AND VERSIFICATION | 151 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 422 |
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