The Life of John MiltonThe author in this new biography of Milton sees the man whole, and in doing so enhances our understanding not only of his character but also of his poetry. |
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Page 78
... Italy forced political positions on to him . After 1638 , he had to take sides . This was for a variety of reasons . First , he began to see England through Italian eyes . On the one hand , there were those who saw it as the very nurse ...
... Italy forced political positions on to him . After 1638 , he had to take sides . This was for a variety of reasons . First , he began to see England through Italian eyes . On the one hand , there were those who saw it as the very nurse ...
Page 79
... Italy , and later Geneva , were important because they gave Milton the chance to see societies very different from his own , in which the polarities latent in the English scene were overt and extreme : here were not merely a few ...
... Italy , and later Geneva , were important because they gave Milton the chance to see societies very different from his own , in which the polarities latent in the English scene were overt and extreme : here were not merely a few ...
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... Italy , in the final months , was an awakening in precisely the way that Milton says it was . ' I thought it base that I should travel abroad at my ease for the cultivation of my mind , while my fellow - citizens at home were fighting ...
... Italy , in the final months , was an awakening in precisely the way that Milton says it was . ' I thought it base that I should travel abroad at my ease for the cultivation of my mind , while my fellow - citizens at home were fighting ...
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