John Milton: 1628-1731John T. Shawcross The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 57
Page iv
... introduction , notes and index © 1970 John T. Shawcross Printed in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd , Chippenham , Wiltshire All rights reserved . No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any ...
... introduction , notes and index © 1970 John T. Shawcross Printed in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd , Chippenham , Wiltshire All rights reserved . No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any ...
Page v
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page vii
John T. Shawcross. Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NOTE ON THE TEXT page x xi I INTRODUCTION Personal Statements and Contemporary Evaluations ( 1628-1674 ) I Early writing preferences 1628 2 The sacred poet 1629 3 Translation of Psalm 114 into ...
John T. Shawcross. Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NOTE ON THE TEXT page x xi I INTRODUCTION Personal Statements and Contemporary Evaluations ( 1628-1674 ) I Early writing preferences 1628 2 The sacred poet 1629 3 Translation of Psalm 114 into ...
Page xi
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 1
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Contents
Personal Statements and Contemporary Evaluations | 4 |
Early writing preferences 1628 | 35 |
s Faith in literary ability 1638 | 41 |
Poetic plans 1642 | 47 |
Of Education and the place of writing in its plan 1644 | 53 |
IS DATI on Milton 1645 | 59 |
The First Defense 1658 | 67 |
Verse of Paradise Lost 1668 | 73 |
SS TRUMBULL on minor poems 1705 | 137 |
DEFOE on Paradise Lost 1706 | 138 |
WATTSs tribute to Milton 1706 | 139 |
SWIFT on Miltons divorce tracts 1708 | 141 |
ADDISON and STEELE on Paradise Lost Tatler 1709 | 142 |
Anonymous statement of Miltons sublimity 1709 | 143 |
SHAFTESBURY on heroic poetry 1710 | 145 |
DEFOE on the two epics 1711 page | 146 |
MARVELL in defence of Milton 1673 | 79 |
Further Seventeenthcentury Comment 16751699 | 84 |
ELLWOODS Epitaph on Milton 1675 ? | 85 |
AUBREYS notes for a Life late 1670s | 88 |
FRANCIS CRADDOCK on Paradise Lost 1680 | 89 |
PETTIT on Miltons advancement of papal aims 1680 | 90 |
ROSCOMMON on Paradise Lost 1685 | 92 |
DRYDEN on Paradise Lost 1685 | 94 |
SKINNER on Milton 1686 ? | 95 |
WINSTANLEYS notice 1687 | 97 |
Comment on Milton Athenian Mercury 1692 | 98 |
DENNIS on rhyme 1692 | 99 |
PRESTON on Miltons fame 1693 ? | 100 |
DRYDEN on Paradise Lost 1693 ΙΟΙ | 101 |
PHILLIPS on various works 1694 | 103 |
ADDISON on Paradise Lost 1694 | 105 |
GILDONS vindication of Paradise Lost 1694 | 107 |
HUMEs annotations of Paradise Lost 1695 | 109 |
DENNIS on Miltons Devils 1696 | 112 |
WESLEY on heroic poetry 1697 | 114 |
BAYLEs notice 1697 | 116 |
LESLIE on Miltons theology 1698 | 117 |
SO TOLAND on various poems 1698 | 119 |
SI YALDEN on Miltons prose 1698 | 122 |
Eighteenthcentury Comment to Bentleys Edition of Paradise Lost 17001731 | 124 |
DENNIS on Miltons sublimity 1701 | 125 |
DENNIS on Paradise Lost 1704 | 128 |
ADDISONs papers on Paradise Lost Spectator 1712 | 147 |
ADDISON on imagination and Paradise Lost Spectator 1712 | 221 |
WELSTED on Miltons sublimity 1712 | 222 |
ELLWOOD on the composition of the epics 1714 | 223 |
EUSDEN on reading Addison 1714 | 225 |
HUGHES on the allegory of sin and death 1715 | 226 |
BLACKMORE on epic poetry 1716 | 227 |
ATTERBURY on Milton 1717 | 229 |
GILDON on heroic poetry 1718 | 230 |
DENNIS on Miltons reputation 1719 | 231 |
GILDON on Miltons immortality 1721 | 232 |
DENNIS on Paradise Lost 17212 | 233 |
ATTERBURY on the Original MS and Samson Agonistes 1722 | 243 |
WELSTED on Miltons language 1724 | 244 |
FENTON on Paradise Lost 1725 | 245 |
BURNETS notice after 1700 | 247 |
VOLTAIRE on Milton 1727 | 248 |
LYTTLETON on Milton 1728 | 257 |
SALMON on Abdiel 1728 | 258 |
DENNIS on Miltons poetical fire 1729 | 260 |
CLARKE on defects in Paradise Lost 1731 | 261 |
APPENDICES a Publication of the works | 265 |
267 | |
268 | |
271 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Action Adam and Eve Addison admirable Aeneas Aeneid Allegory allusions ancient appear Aristotle Author Battel beautiful blank verse Book of Paradise century Characters Charles Gildon Circumstances Creation criticism Death described Description Divine Dryden Earth edition Epic Poem Epick Episode Essay Extract from John Fable Fault Genius give Gods hath Heaven Hero Heroic Poem Homer Homer and Virgil Ideas Iliad Images Imagination Imitation infernal Invention John Dennis John Dryden John Milton Judgment kind Language Latin learned Leonard Welsted likewise literary Majesty Mankind Manner Milton's Poem Mind modern Moral Nature noble Numbers observe Opinion Paradise Lost Paradise Regain'd particular Passage Passion Persons Place Poet poetical Poetry proper prose Reader Religion Remarks represented rhyme Samson Agonistes Satan Scripture Sentiments shew shewn speak Spectator Speech Spirit Stile Subject sublime take Notice thing thou Thoughts tion Tragedy Translated Virgil wherein whole Poem Words World writ writing