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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Marjorie Hope Nicolson. Since a Muse was invoked by a classical poet to aid him in what he was attempting to write , Milton asks his Muse to lead him higher than the " Aonian mount " of the classical poets , since the subject of his epic ...
Marjorie Hope Nicolson. Since a Muse was invoked by a classical poet to aid him in what he was attempting to write , Milton asks his Muse to lead him higher than the " Aonian mount " of the classical poets , since the subject of his epic ...
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... classical device , and in later pro- logues , Milton will give his Muse a classical name , Urania , goddess of astronomy , a fitting choice for a poem leading to Heaven . Here , however , she is called " Heavenly Muse , " and is ...
... classical device , and in later pro- logues , Milton will give his Muse a classical name , Urania , goddess of astronomy , a fitting choice for a poem leading to Heaven . Here , however , she is called " Heavenly Muse , " and is ...
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Marjorie Hope Nicolson. Since a Muse was invoked by a classical poet to aid him in what he was attempting to write , Milton asks his Muse to lead him higher than the " Aonian mount " of the classical poets , since the subject of his epic ...
Marjorie Hope Nicolson. Since a Muse was invoked by a classical poet to aid him in what he was attempting to write , Milton asks his Muse to lead him higher than the " Aonian mount " of the classical poets , since the subject of his epic ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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