A Reader's Guide to John MiltonMarjorie Nicolson—one of the foremost authorities on Milton—examines Milton's work, beginning with the famous Minor Poems, "L'Allegro," "II Penseroso," "Comus" (and "Arcades"), and "Lycides." She explores Milton's middle years, when he was diverted from poetry to become Latin Secretary under Oliver Cromwell. Finally, she looks at the great poems, including a book-by-book analysis of Paradise Lost and a careful reading of Milton's poetic "closet drama," Samson Agonistes. |
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... King Charles , on January 30 , 1649 , inevitably had a profound effect upon every English mind . In a country which had never known any government except monarchy , and in which one of " the king's two bodies " was revered as almost ...
... King Charles , on January 30 , 1649 , inevitably had a profound effect upon every English mind . In a country which had never known any government except monarchy , and in which one of " the king's two bodies " was revered as almost ...
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... King Charles him- self . Whatever its authorship and purposeful exaggeration , the work went far to create in the public mind the portrait of a mar- tyred saint . The opponent to whom Milton was called to reply a little later taxed his ...
... King Charles him- self . Whatever its authorship and purposeful exaggeration , the work went far to create in the public mind the portrait of a mar- tyred saint . The opponent to whom Milton was called to reply a little later taxed his ...
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... king ) shall rise A Son , the Woman's Seed to thee foretold , Foretold to Abraham , as in whom shall trust All nations , and to kings foretold of kings The last , for of His reign shall be no end . ( XII . 326-330 ) The prefigurations ...
... king ) shall rise A Son , the Woman's Seed to thee foretold , Foretold to Abraham , as in whom shall trust All nations , and to kings foretold of kings The last , for of His reign shall be no end . ( XII . 326-330 ) The prefigurations ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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