The Living Milton: Essays by Various HandsFrank Kermode Barnes & Noble, 1968 - 179 pages |
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... themes . They lie at the heart of each poem and govern its secondary characteristics of imagery and diction ; given the theme , the poet thinks in the figures appropriate to it , and in every case the theme and the figures have a long ...
... themes . They lie at the heart of each poem and govern its secondary characteristics of imagery and diction ; given the theme , the poet thinks in the figures appropriate to it , and in every case the theme and the figures have a long ...
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... theme itself , which Milton passes on to the reader from his source . " 1 But surely the ' passing on ' of ' the greatness of the theme ' is a more creative process , requires a more positive contribution from the poet , than the phrase ...
... theme itself , which Milton passes on to the reader from his source . " 1 But surely the ' passing on ' of ' the greatness of the theme ' is a more creative process , requires a more positive contribution from the poet , than the phrase ...
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... theme implicit in a poem's style may even contradict the overt dramatic or narrative theme it is supposed to be expressing ; the notorious case is that of Spenser , who it will be remembered was Milton's ' Original ' . And there are ...
... theme implicit in a poem's style may even contradict the overt dramatic or narrative theme it is supposed to be expressing ; the notorious case is that of Spenser , who it will be remembered was Milton's ' Original ' . And there are ...
Contents
PESSIMISTIC NOTES | 1 |
THE NATIVITY ODE J B Broadbent | 12 |
APPROACHES TO LYCIDAS G S Fraser | 32 |
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