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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... poet 1629 37 3 Translation of Psalm 114 into Greek 1634 39 6 4 Hope for immortality 1637 5 Faith in literary ability 1638 ( ? ) WOTTON ON ' Comus ' 1638 7 Subject for poetic work 1638 40 41 43 44 8 Subject for poetic work 1639 9 Poetic ...
... poet 1629 37 3 Translation of Psalm 114 into Greek 1634 39 6 4 Hope for immortality 1637 5 Faith in literary ability 1638 ( ? ) WOTTON ON ' Comus ' 1638 7 Subject for poetic work 1638 40 41 43 44 8 Subject for poetic work 1639 9 Poetic ...
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... poet . The epic themes noted in ' At a Vacation Exercise ' ( No. 1 ) and his remarks on the sacred poet and on his writing of ' Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity ' ( No. 2 ) have generally been taken to indicate his desire to ...
... poet . The epic themes noted in ' At a Vacation Exercise ' ( No. 1 ) and his remarks on the sacred poet and on his writing of ' Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity ' ( No. 2 ) have generally been taken to indicate his desire to ...
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... poetic metaphor ) , perhaps give additional evidence that this decision about his life had been made only shortly before . That Milton had faith in his ability as a poet is evident from his statement - written for private ears -- in ...
... poetic metaphor ) , perhaps give additional evidence that this decision about his life had been made only shortly before . That Milton had faith in his ability as a poet is evident from his statement - written for private ears -- in ...
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... poet . The quotation from Vergil's Eclogues , VII , 27–8 , which appears on the title - page of the Poems , hopes to protect such honesty : ' Baccare frontem / Cingite , ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro ' ( ' Wreathe my forehead with ...
... poet . The quotation from Vergil's Eclogues , VII , 27–8 , which appears on the title - page of the Poems , hopes to protect such honesty : ' Baccare frontem / Cingite , ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro ' ( ' Wreathe my forehead with ...
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... poetic fame such as he had envisioned . And indeed there would be no evidence that his poetic work had made any real or lasting impression on the world — whether contemporary or near- contemporary . The diversion of Milton's energies ...
... poetic fame such as he had envisioned . And indeed there would be no evidence that his poetic work had made any real or lasting impression on the world — whether contemporary or near- contemporary . The diversion of Milton's energies ...
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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