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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... allusions , incidental and non - critical ; argument , political or theological ; illustration of points or brief critical statements ; and longer biography , essays , or studies . Allusions or brief citations do not always name Milton ...
... allusions , incidental and non - critical ; argument , political or theological ; illustration of points or brief critical statements ; and longer biography , essays , or studies . Allusions or brief citations do not always name Milton ...
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... allusions or citations from the works have been omitted . William Riley Parker has given a list of printed allusions to Milton , dated 1641-74 , in Milton's Contemporary Reputation ( Ohio State University Press , 1940 ) ; no allusion ...
... allusions or citations from the works have been omitted . William Riley Parker has given a list of printed allusions to Milton , dated 1641-74 , in Milton's Contemporary Reputation ( Ohio State University Press , 1940 ) ; no allusion ...
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... allusions to it are generally lacking , or to have been a big seller ; copies remained unsold years later . Aside from William Sancroft's manuscript transcriptions of two poems , Joshua Poole's use of the volume in compiling The English ...
... allusions to it are generally lacking , or to have been a big seller ; copies remained unsold years later . Aside from William Sancroft's manuscript transcriptions of two poems , Joshua Poole's use of the volume in compiling The English ...
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... allusions to Milton or these tracts exist ; for example , John Bram- hall in The Serpent Salve , or , a Remedie For the Biting of an Aspe ( Dublin [ ? ] , 1643 ) calls Milton ' a young novice ' and adds : ' It was truely said by Seneca ...
... allusions to Milton or these tracts exist ; for example , John Bram- hall in The Serpent Salve , or , a Remedie For the Biting of an Aspe ( Dublin [ ? ] , 1643 ) calls Milton ' a young novice ' and adds : ' It was truely said by Seneca ...
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... allusion , aimed at reinforcement of Milton's position by ' translated ' quotation from the work of a well - respected German divine ; Tetrachordon attempted to counter such scriptural argu- ment as Pagitt's by examining the four places ...
... allusion , aimed at reinforcement of Milton's position by ' translated ' quotation from the work of a well - respected German divine ; Tetrachordon attempted to counter such scriptural argu- ment as Pagitt's by examining the four places ...
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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