Persona and Decorum in Milton's ProseAlthough recent schools of literary criticism have tended to remove the author from the text, thereby calling into question the value of persona criticism, Sanchez points out that Milton himself argues against the separation of author from persona and against the subordination of author to persona. As literary critic and dramatist in the preface to Samson Agonistes, as bard in Paradise Lost, as orator in Areopagitica, as autobiographer in the prologue to Book II of The Reason of Church Government, as "Author" of Lycidas distinguishing himself in the coda from "th' uncouth swain" - the author inside each of these and other works is clearly observed by the author who stands for a time outside the work. |
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... biblical place . " 37 The biblical passages , or biblical models , would , through interpretation , acquire personal significance for the reader : In seventeenth - century England , as a matter of convention , spiritual auto ...
... biblical place . " 37 The biblical passages , or biblical models , would , through interpretation , acquire personal significance for the reader : In seventeenth - century England , as a matter of convention , spiritual auto ...
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... biblical exegesis of the divorce tracts as well as , perhaps , the debate concerning licensing . When it suits his purposes , however , Milton uses harsh language and imagery in biblical exegesis as well . Some passages of Colasterion ...
... biblical exegesis of the divorce tracts as well as , perhaps , the debate concerning licensing . When it suits his purposes , however , Milton uses harsh language and imagery in biblical exegesis as well . Some passages of Colasterion ...
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Reuben Sánchez. 5 " the middling temper of nourishment " : Biblical Exegesis and the Art of Indeterminate Balance in Tetrachordon I " dissolving the whole law into ... Biblical Exegesis and the Art of Indeterminate Balance in Tetrachordon.
Reuben Sánchez. 5 " the middling temper of nourishment " : Biblical Exegesis and the Art of Indeterminate Balance in Tetrachordon I " dissolving the whole law into ... Biblical Exegesis and the Art of Indeterminate Balance in Tetrachordon.
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