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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... speak Such as I seek , fit to participate All rational delight . VIII . 364-66 , 389-91 God is all - sufficient . " Not so is man , " who asks " collateral love and dearest amity . " Areopagitica Since Milton himself held that his works ...
... speak Such as I seek , fit to participate All rational delight . VIII . 364-66 , 389-91 God is all - sufficient . " Not so is man , " who asks " collateral love and dearest amity . " Areopagitica Since Milton himself held that his works ...
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... Speak thou with us , and we will hear ; but let not God speak with us , lest we die . " It was developed further in Deuteron- omy , when Moses expatiated on and interpreted the Law shortly before his death . In Deuteronomy XVIII . 15 ...
... Speak thou with us , and we will hear ; but let not God speak with us , lest we die . " It was developed further in Deuteron- omy , when Moses expatiated on and interpreted the Law shortly before his death . In Deuteronomy XVIII . 15 ...
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... speak the speech of angels , as , indeed , could Satan , an archangel , though fallen . But to Milton , artist , rhetorician and reverent reader of the Bible , the sublime style would have been artistically wrong for the Christ who ...
... speak the speech of angels , as , indeed , could Satan , an archangel , though fallen . But to Milton , artist , rhetorician and reverent reader of the Bible , the sublime style would have been artistically wrong for the Christ who ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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