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... poetic and philosophical outlook is , admittedly , archaic , an understanding of the earlier view , it seems to me , leads to subtle critical assessments of what happens in the poet's verse . One can then gaze imaginatively for a brief ...
... poetic and philosophical outlook is , admittedly , archaic , an understanding of the earlier view , it seems to me , leads to subtle critical assessments of what happens in the poet's verse . One can then gaze imaginatively for a brief ...
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... poetic and personal dissociations troubles even recent commentary . Critics project onto the character of God the Father , the epic narrator , the author Milton , or the modern reader dis- locations and deficiencies that reside ...
... poetic and personal dissociations troubles even recent commentary . Critics project onto the character of God the Father , the epic narrator , the author Milton , or the modern reader dis- locations and deficiencies that reside ...
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... poet went so far as to proclaim pageants and masques featur- ing Hymen as a source of poetic inspiration . Speaking of the delights of " Tow'red Cities " ( 117 ) , Milton adds : There let Hymen oft appear In Saffron robe , with Taper ...
... poet went so far as to proclaim pageants and masques featur- ing Hymen as a source of poetic inspiration . Speaking of the delights of " Tow'red Cities " ( 117 ) , Milton adds : There let Hymen oft appear In Saffron robe , with Taper ...
Contents
THE INWARD VISION I | 1 |
INCONSTANT THEATRICAL DESIGNS | 16 |
THE VAST DESIGN EMERGES | 40 |
Copyright | |
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Milton's Theatrical Epic: The Invention and Design of Paradise Lost John G. Demaray No preview available - 1999 |
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