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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... written in one of the most singable metres familiar in the anthology to which his father had contributed . Pro- fessor Brennecke suggests that Milton may have written them at this particular time " as a memorial act of filial reverence ...
... written in one of the most singable metres familiar in the anthology to which his father had contributed . Pro- fessor Brennecke suggests that Milton may have written them at this particular time " as a memorial act of filial reverence ...
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... written before . The three - part structure we ordinarily associate with the Pindaric was either not completed or not intended to be , but we find the strophe and the antistrophe , if not the epode . Both strophe and antistrophe of ...
... written before . The three - part structure we ordinarily associate with the Pindaric was either not completed or not intended to be , but we find the strophe and the antistrophe , if not the epode . Both strophe and antistrophe of ...
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... written by Jonson and Daniel . Besides , a work of art does not forfeit its position within a genre by differ- ences of this sort ; otherwise , one might prove , by comparing Macbeth with Everyman , that Shakespeare had not written a ...
... written by Jonson and Daniel . Besides , a work of art does not forfeit its position within a genre by differ- ences of this sort ; otherwise , one might prove , by comparing Macbeth with Everyman , that Shakespeare had not written a ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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