John Milton: PoetryStudies the art of seventeenth-century English poet John Milton, focusing on his epic poem "Paradise Lost"; looks at some of his early influences, and examines the greatest of his early poems and the emergence of his central vision. |
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... tradition , the twenty - five - year - old King knelt on the deck of the sinking ship in prayer while other passengers scur- ried about in vain to save themselves . There is no evidence that Milton and King were bosom companions ; but ...
... tradition , the twenty - five - year - old King knelt on the deck of the sinking ship in prayer while other passengers scur- ried about in vain to save themselves . There is no evidence that Milton and King were bosom companions ; but ...
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... tradition . As an ectype of the archetype Christ , his life and his death form a pattern ( based on The Pattern ) for those left be- hind . Lycidas is now as real , or as unreal , as mythic and as tradi- tional as Orpheus or Hippotades ...
... tradition . As an ectype of the archetype Christ , his life and his death form a pattern ( based on The Pattern ) for those left be- hind . Lycidas is now as real , or as unreal , as mythic and as tradi- tional as Orpheus or Hippotades ...
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... Tradition : The Early Poems , " Arcades " and Comus . Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press , 1968. Excellent background in the genre of Comus . Diekhoff , JOHN S. , ed . A Maske at Ludlow : Essays on Milton's Comus . Cleveland ...
... Tradition : The Early Poems , " Arcades " and Comus . Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press , 1968. Excellent background in the genre of Comus . Diekhoff , JOHN S. , ed . A Maske at Ludlow : Essays on Milton's Comus . Cleveland ...
Contents
About the Author | 8 |
On the Morning of Christs Nativity | 28 |
Comus | 41 |
Copyright | |
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's allegorical angels archetype Arethuse argument asserts beauty Belial Biblical blind bliss chaos Chorus Christ Christian Classical complete Comus Comus's creation Dalila darkness death demonic despair devil disobedience divine drama dream earth ectype English epic eternal Eve's evil fall fallen father felix culpa fruit garden glory God's grace haemony Harapha heaven heavenly hell Heracles human Il Penseroso Jesus John Milton L'Allegro Lady Lady's lesson light lines Lucifer Lycidas man's mankind Manoa masque Michael mode Moloch moral muse myth mythic nativity ode nature obedience pagan pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pastoral pattern Penseroso persona poem poet poetic poetry praise pride Raphael reader reason Sabrina Samson Agonistes Satan seems serpent shadow song Sonnet Sonnet 19 speech Spirit stanza stars temptation thee thir thou throne Thyrsis tion tradition tree typological understanding unfallen vision voice