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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... true religion . Sonnet XVIII . On the Late Massacre in Piedmont The outrage of the slaughter of the Piedmontese , by order of the Duke of Savoy on April 24 , 1653 , had shocked all Protestants In their eyes , the Vaudois , or ...
... true religion . Sonnet XVIII . On the Late Massacre in Piedmont The outrage of the slaughter of the Piedmontese , by order of the Duke of Savoy on April 24 , 1653 , had shocked all Protestants In their eyes , the Vaudois , or ...
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... true glory is not found in " the blaze of fame , " in the applause of the vulgar : This is true glory and renown , when God , Looking on the Earth , with approbation marks The just man , and divulges him through Heaven To all his angels ...
... true glory is not found in " the blaze of fame , " in the applause of the vulgar : This is true glory and renown , when God , Looking on the Earth , with approbation marks The just man , and divulges him through Heaven To all his angels ...
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... true wisdom : Ignorant of themselves , of God much more , And how the world began and how man fell . ( IV . 310-11 ) Pagans as they were , they did not know the true religion , were not illuminated by the one true Fountain , did not ...
... true wisdom : Ignorant of themselves , of God much more , And how the world began and how man fell . ( IV . 310-11 ) Pagans as they were , they did not know the true religion , were not illuminated by the one true Fountain , did not ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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