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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Page 164
... names of real people , though “ Galasp ” is unknown as a proper name . Possibly it was a mutilated form of " Gillespie , " though I rather suspect it was merely a satiric invention of Milton's as another rhyme for " asp " and " grasp ...
... names of real people , though “ Galasp ” is unknown as a proper name . Possibly it was a mutilated form of " Gillespie , " though I rather suspect it was merely a satiric invention of Milton's as another rhyme for " asp " and " grasp ...
Page 201
... names were not the names the angels had borne in Heaven . Those we shall never know , Though of their names in Heavenly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and razed By their rebellion from the Books of Life . ( I. 361-63 ) Nor had ...
... names were not the names the angels had borne in Heaven . Those we shall never know , Though of their names in Heavenly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and razed By their rebellion from the Books of Life . ( I. 361-63 ) Nor had ...
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... names were not the names the angels had borne in Heaven . Those we shall never know , Though of their names in Heavenly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and razed By their rebellion from the Books of Life . ( I. 361-63 ) Nor had ...
... names were not the names the angels had borne in Heaven . Those we shall never know , Though of their names in Heavenly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and razed By their rebellion from the Books of Life . ( I. 361-63 ) Nor had ...
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