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 11
... wrote each other fre- quently . To a modern student , it seems incredible that they wrote largely in Latin , and often in Latin verse . ( Two of the extant let- ters of Diodati to Milton are in Greek . ) Diodati left St. Paul's for ...
... wrote each other fre- quently . To a modern student , it seems incredible that they wrote largely in Latin , and often in Latin verse . ( Two of the extant let- ters of Diodati to Milton are in Greek . ) Diodati left St. Paul's for ...
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... wrote an elegy which he dated November 1637 . The poem we call Lycidas ( Milton did not use the title in the first edition ) appeared in the memorial volume , published a month or two later . The poems were in Greek , Latin and English ...
... wrote an elegy which he dated November 1637 . The poem we call Lycidas ( Milton did not use the title in the first edition ) appeared in the memorial volume , published a month or two later . The poems were in Greek , Latin and English ...
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... wrote his lament for Diodati ; he was fifty - one when he went into hiding after the Restoration of His Majesty . While he may have been working on Paradise Lost , the only poetry that can definitely be assigned to these middle years is ...
... wrote his lament for Diodati ; he was fifty - one when he went into hiding after the Restoration of His Majesty . While he may have been working on Paradise Lost , the only poetry that can definitely be assigned to these middle years is ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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