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 100
... passage of flowers , brought to strew " the laureate hearse where Lycid lies . " ( An interesting interpretation of this and the following passage will be found in Wayne Shumaker , " Flowerets and Sounding Seas , " in Milton's Lycidas ...
... passage of flowers , brought to strew " the laureate hearse where Lycid lies . " ( An interesting interpretation of this and the following passage will be found in Wayne Shumaker , " Flowerets and Sounding Seas , " in Milton's Lycidas ...
Page 266
... passage to attempt to prove that Milton was taking a conscious part in a mat- ter of theological disputation , since the lines closely parallel a sim- ilar scene in The Divine Weekes and Workes of Du Bartas , as translated by Joshua ...
... passage to attempt to prove that Milton was taking a conscious part in a mat- ter of theological disputation , since the lines closely parallel a sim- ilar scene in The Divine Weekes and Workes of Du Bartas , as translated by Joshua ...
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... passage is the judgment upon Adam , in which Milton has scrupulously followed the translation of the King James Ver- sion : " Cursed is the ground for thy sake . " For centuries , Church Fathers had disputed about this passage , many of ...
... passage is the judgment upon Adam , in which Milton has scrupulously followed the translation of the King James Ver- sion : " Cursed is the ground for thy sake . " For centuries , Church Fathers had disputed about this passage , many of ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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