Achievements of the Left Hand: Essays on the Prose of John MiltonMichael Lieb, John T. Shawcross |
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... audience becomes more , not less , demanding on his talents ; for if he is to be " doctrinal and exemplary to a Nation " ( Reason 1.815 ) , if empire is really to follow art , he must educate the " misguided " rulers of his nation and ...
... audience becomes more , not less , demanding on his talents ; for if he is to be " doctrinal and exemplary to a Nation " ( Reason 1.815 ) , if empire is really to follow art , he must educate the " misguided " rulers of his nation and ...
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... audience of " learned " men to accept it . Through this irony , Milton accomplishes two things : he reveals himself to be other than fool and implies that his audience is less than learned ; and in doing so he paves the way for the ...
... audience of " learned " men to accept it . Through this irony , Milton accomplishes two things : he reveals himself to be other than fool and implies that his audience is less than learned ; and in doing so he paves the way for the ...
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... audience Milton addresses . Tillyard com- ments appropriately : Milton cares not " if a bad critic and a worth- less audience prefer a rotten poet to him " ; the allusion is " as ob- vious as it is uncomplimentary to his audience . " 54 ...
... audience Milton addresses . Tillyard com- ments appropriately : Milton cares not " if a bad critic and a worth- less audience prefer a rotten poet to him " ; the allusion is " as ob- vious as it is uncomplimentary to his audience . " 54 ...
Contents
MICHAEL LIEB | 55 |
JOHN F HUNTLEY | 83 |
EDWARD S LE COMTE | 121 |
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