Milton's Prose Tracts as a Gloss on Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson AgonistesStanford University, 1971 - 648 pages |
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... critics less informed than Barker about the genuine nature of Milton's political activities and thought , have not hesitated to infer from their acquaintance with his biography conclusions bearing upon an interpretation of his poetry ...
... critics less informed than Barker about the genuine nature of Milton's political activities and thought , have not hesitated to infer from their acquaintance with his biography conclusions bearing upon an interpretation of his poetry ...
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... critics since Kelley , looked for a gloss on the latter phrase in the Christian Doctrine ; but the statement there proved to be too brief to be self - explanatory , and Empson's mistaken interpretation was allowed to stand . Except for ...
... critics since Kelley , looked for a gloss on the latter phrase in the Christian Doctrine ; but the statement there proved to be too brief to be self - explanatory , and Empson's mistaken interpretation was allowed to stand . Except for ...
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... criticism of Milton , the politician , is not ; nor is its effect on certain modern critics understood . • „ 23 What critics inheriting this tradition came to feel about the " taints of ambition , envy , revenge , and a desire for ...
... criticism of Milton , the politician , is not ; nor is its effect on certain modern critics understood . • „ 23 What critics inheriting this tradition came to feel about the " taints of ambition , envy , revenge , and a desire for ...
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Abdiel Adam Adam and Eve Adam's angels answer Areopagitica argued argument belief Book C. S. Lewis cause Chapter Charles Chorus Christ Christian Doctrine Christian liberty church civil claim command created creation critics Cromwell Dalila death divine right divorce tracts earth Eikon Basilike Eikonoklastes Empson Eve's evil experience faith fall fallen false father flesh freedom fulfil glory God's Harapha hath heaven Hebrew hell Hooker human Jephtha John Milton judge judgment justice king kingdom kingship Lord man's marriage meaning Milton Milton's political mind monarchy moral Morand obedience Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Philistine poem poetry Psalm Puritan rational creature readers rebellion recognize reform relationship religion religious reveals right reason royalist rule ruler Salmasius Samson Agonistes Satan says Scripture Second Defence seek slaves spirit strength temptation thee things thinking thir thou thought tion true truth tyranny tyrant understand unfallen William Empson words worship