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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... tragedy 1671 ( ? ) 23 BUTLER on Milton early 1670s ( ? ) 24 LEIGH on the antiprelatical tracts 1673 25 MARVELL in defence of Milton 1673 MARVELL on Paradise Lost 1674 LEE on Paradise Lost 1674 ( ? ) 72 73 74 76 77 79 81 83 Further ...
... tragedy 1671 ( ? ) 23 BUTLER on Milton early 1670s ( ? ) 24 LEIGH on the antiprelatical tracts 1673 25 MARVELL in defence of Milton 1673 MARVELL on Paradise Lost 1674 LEE on Paradise Lost 1674 ( ? ) 72 73 74 76 77 79 81 83 Further ...
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... tragedy which ignorance has admired , and bigotry applauded ' . Hawkin's interpretation of Sonnet 16 indicates a superficial and pre- conceived reading , and Johnson's position is not unique in the eighteenth century or later . T. S. ...
... tragedy which ignorance has admired , and bigotry applauded ' . Hawkin's interpretation of Sonnet 16 indicates a superficial and pre- conceived reading , and Johnson's position is not unique in the eighteenth century or later . T. S. ...
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... tragedy were elaborated in a preface to Samson Agonistes ( No. 22 ) , but they were not examined by critics until 1751 , when Johnson and Richard Hurd individually explored the drama's Aristote- lian elements . The question of catharis ...
... tragedy were elaborated in a preface to Samson Agonistes ( No. 22 ) , but they were not examined by critics until 1751 , when Johnson and Richard Hurd individually explored the drama's Aristote- lian elements . The question of catharis ...
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... Tragedy ; namely , Paradise Lost ; Paradise Regain'd ; and Samson Agonistes ; in which he is generally thought to have very much reviv'd the Majesty , and true Decorum of Heroick Poesie and Tragedy.16 A year later Patrick Hume printed ...
... Tragedy ; namely , Paradise Lost ; Paradise Regain'd ; and Samson Agonistes ; in which he is generally thought to have very much reviv'd the Majesty , and true Decorum of Heroick Poesie and Tragedy.16 A year later Patrick Hume printed ...
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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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