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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... Turn , The Counter - turn . The Stand . " Dryden's " Alexander's Feast " is in many ways the most " Pindaric " of our English odes in its exalted and stately moods and to some extent in its elaborate formal structure . Milton is not ...
... Turn , The Counter - turn . The Stand . " Dryden's " Alexander's Feast " is in many ways the most " Pindaric " of our English odes in its exalted and stately moods and to some extent in its elaborate formal structure . Milton is not ...
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... Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? I did not err , there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night . ( 11. 221-24 ) Poetically the repetition seems unnecessary and even lame ; as a clue to the mechanics the ...
... Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? I did not err , there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night . ( 11. 221-24 ) Poetically the repetition seems unnecessary and even lame ; as a clue to the mechanics the ...
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... turn to Mary Powell when we come to consider Milton's last son- net . Milton continued to perform his duties as Secretary - with some assistance beginning in 1652 - until he was relieved of his chief du- ties in 1655. It is still ...
... turn to Mary Powell when we come to consider Milton's last son- net . Milton continued to perform his duties as Secretary - with some assistance beginning in 1652 - until he was relieved of his chief du- ties in 1655. It is still ...
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