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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... hand at paraphrase just when he did . About 1621 the elder John Milton had contributed three settings for paraphrases to a volume that became standard for many years , the Whole Book of Psalms , compiled by Thomas Ravenscroft , music ...
... hand at paraphrase just when he did . About 1621 the elder John Milton had contributed three settings for paraphrases to a volume that became standard for many years , the Whole Book of Psalms , compiled by Thomas Ravenscroft , music ...
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... hand " -a poetic release from the " left - hand " prose - it became a form characteristically Miltonic , not only in its becoming a " trumpet , " as Wordsworth said , but in its rhythmic dexterity and virtuosity . As we have seen in ...
... hand " -a poetic release from the " left - hand " prose - it became a form characteristically Miltonic , not only in its becoming a " trumpet , " as Wordsworth said , but in its rhythmic dexterity and virtuosity . As we have seen in ...
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... hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold , Satan exalted sat . ( II . 1-5 ) As chairman , Satan opens the meeting . Notice that — as nearly al- ways - he addresses his compatriots by their former titles , " Powers and Dominions ...
... hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold , Satan exalted sat . ( II . 1-5 ) As chairman , Satan opens the meeting . Notice that — as nearly al- ways - he addresses his compatriots by their former titles , " Powers and Dominions ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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Adam and Eve Adam's Aeneid appear Areopagitica basic begins Belial Biblical blind Book XI called Cambridge character Chorus Christ Christian classical climax Comus Council Scene Creation critics Dalilah dark death deity deliberately Diodati drama earth elegy English epic Eve's eyes fallen angels familiar father feel Genesis Greek hear Heaven Hell Il Penseroso implied Italian John Milton King L'Allegro Lady later Latin Lawes learned light lines living Ludlow Castle Lycidas Mammon masque memory Milton wrote mind modern Moloch mood Muse Nativity Ode Nature pagan Pandemonium Paradise Lost Paradise Regained paraphrase particularly passage Penseroso phrase Pindar poem poet poetry Prologue Psalms Puritan Raphael Reason Renaissance rhyme rises Samson Agonistes Satan says seems sestet shepherd sing song sonnet sound speech Spenser Spirit stanza suggested temptation thee theme thou Tillyard tion tradition University verse word write written young youth