John Milton: The Critical Heritage Volume 1 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. |
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... essays in the history of criticism to fragments of contemporary opinion and little published documentary material , such as letters and diaries . Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included in order to ...
... essays in the history of criticism to fragments of contemporary opinion and little published documentary material , such as letters and diaries . Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included in order to ...
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... essays , or studies . Allusions or brief citations do not always name Milton or his works ; and often the work of other writers incorporates Milton's language or subject - matter ( almost entirely from the poems ) , either for praise or ...
... essays , or studies . Allusions or brief citations do not always name Milton or his works ; and often the work of other writers incorporates Milton's language or subject - matter ( almost entirely from the poems ) , either for praise or ...
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... essays or studies ( though extracts from the various lives and biographical notices are included only when critical judgement or information useful for evaluation is expressed ) . The very important criticism that went into the ...
... essays or studies ( though extracts from the various lives and biographical notices are included only when critical judgement or information useful for evaluation is expressed ) . The very important criticism that went into the ...
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... essays there [ in The Rambler ] to be found ; to the latter he seems to have been prompted by no better a motive , than that hatred of the author for his political principles which he is known to have entertained , and was ever ready to ...
... essays there [ in The Rambler ] to be found ; to the latter he seems to have been prompted by no better a motive , than that hatred of the author for his political principles which he is known to have entertained , and was ever ready to ...
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... essay on it exists . Milton's achievement is praised ( as in Nos . 31 , 33 , 37 , 43 , 44 , 46 , and 47 ) , but at times a point of disagreement or criticism is raised as in Dryden's comments ( Nos . 34 and 41 ) . Both Gildon in the ...
... essay on it exists . Milton's achievement is praised ( as in Nos . 31 , 33 , 37 , 43 , 44 , 46 , and 47 ) , but at times a point of disagreement or criticism is raised as in Dryden's comments ( Nos . 34 and 41 ) . Both Gildon in the ...
Contents
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Personal Statements and Contemporary Evaluations 16281674 | 35 |
Further Seventeenthcentury Comment 16751699 | 84 |
Eighteenthcentury Comment to Bentleys Edition of Paradise Lost 17001731 | 124 |
APPENDICES | 265 |
INDEX | 271 |
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