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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... mind an English epic . That the plan is still only tentative is implied in the Latin construction with which he intro- duces it : “ si quando ” : “ If ever I shall summon back our native kings into our songs , and Arthur , waging his ...
... mind an English epic . That the plan is still only tentative is implied in the Latin construction with which he intro- duces it : “ si quando ” : “ If ever I shall summon back our native kings into our songs , and Arthur , waging his ...
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... Mind of God , but there is no reason for astonishment . Since God is omniscient , He knows all , and all ideas are in His mind . The important thing , says Adam , is that evil , coming into the mind from whatever source , should not be ...
... Mind of God , but there is no reason for astonishment . Since God is omniscient , He knows all , and all ideas are in His mind . The important thing , says Adam , is that evil , coming into the mind from whatever source , should not be ...
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... mind : Yet one doubt Pursues me still , lest all I cannot die . ( X. 782-83 ) The dozen lines that follow lead into another theological problem , familiar in Milton's time , forgotten today by all but historical scholars , the question ...
... mind : Yet one doubt Pursues me still , lest all I cannot die . ( X. 782-83 ) The dozen lines that follow lead into another theological problem , familiar in Milton's time , forgotten today by all but historical scholars , the question ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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