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Page ix
... tion of Paradise Lost is therefore a subject which has a bearing on the whole of Milton's poetry and poetical growth . The history and development of English punctuation have received slight attention from students of English literature ...
... tion of Paradise Lost is therefore a subject which has a bearing on the whole of Milton's poetry and poetical growth . The history and development of English punctuation have received slight attention from students of English literature ...
Page xii
... tion of the manuscript and printed copies of his poem through some intermediary person or persons , exacerbates already con- siderable editorial problems . Editors have usually concluded that the second edition , or that collated with ...
... tion of the manuscript and printed copies of his poem through some intermediary person or persons , exacerbates already con- siderable editorial problems . Editors have usually concluded that the second edition , or that collated with ...
Page 183
... tion by Sidney Lee . Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1905 . WITHER , GEORGE . Britain's Remembrancer . Containing A Narra- tion of the Plague lately past . ... ( London ) : Imprinted for ... John Grismond , 1628 . Britain's Remembrancer ...
... tion by Sidney Lee . Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1905 . WITHER , GEORGE . Britain's Remembrancer . Containing A Narra- tion of the Plague lately past . ... ( London ) : Imprinted for ... John Grismond , 1628 . Britain's Remembrancer ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ELIZABETHAN AND EARLIER SEVENTEENTH | 14 |
THE PUNCTUATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT | 54 |
Copyright | |
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antithesis Ben Jonson Butler caesura Caryl's clause colon commas added compositor Comus context copy corrections corrector Daines Darbishire's deleted distinctive downpointings dramatic earlier edition of Paradise edition's Elizabethan elocutionary emphasis end of line English epic similes example facsimiles Fletcher full stop grammatical Heav'n heavier heavy pointing heavy stops heightened independent clause instances John Milton Jonson logical Lycidas Manu Manuscript of Book Manuscript of Paradise mark metrical metrical pauses midline Milton's punctuation Milton's spelling Milton's verse Miss Darbishire modern omissions omitted oratorical Paradise Lost passage pattern poetical possibly practice printed texts printer pronunciational spelling proof changes prose punctuation changes punctuation variants reading rhetorical rhythm rhythmical punctuation Satan seems semicolon sense seventeenth century Shakespeare Shakespearian Punctuation Shawcross similarly Simpson sometimes Sonnet 11 Sonnets stress style of pointing style of punctuation syntactical syntax text of Paradise thir tion Trinity Manuscript usage verse periods verse sentences VIII Volpone