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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... writer , enabling the student to follow the formation of critical attitudes to the writer's work and its place within a literary tradition . The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to ...
... writer , enabling the student to follow the formation of critical attitudes to the writer's work and its place within a literary tradition . The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to ...
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... writing from the publishers . British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data ISBN 0-415-13420 - X ( hbk ) ISBN 0 ... writer by Copyright Page.
... writing from the publishers . British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data ISBN 0-415-13420 - X ( hbk ) ISBN 0 ... writer by Copyright Page.
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... writer ; at the same time , through private comments in letters , journals or marginalia , we gain an insight upon the tastes and literary thought of individual readers of the period . Evidence of this kind helps us to understand the ...
... writer ; at the same time , through private comments in letters , journals or marginalia , we gain an insight upon the tastes and literary thought of individual readers of the period . Evidence of this kind helps us to understand the ...
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... writing preferences 1628 35 2 The sacred poet 1629 37 3 Translation of Psalm 114 into Greek 1634 39 6 4 Hope for ... writing in its plan 1644 12 Aim of Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce 1644 53 56 13 SALSILLI On Milton 1645 57 14 MANSO ...
... writing preferences 1628 35 2 The sacred poet 1629 37 3 Translation of Psalm 114 into Greek 1634 39 6 4 Hope for ... writing in its plan 1644 12 Aim of Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce 1644 53 56 13 SALSILLI On Milton 1645 57 14 MANSO ...
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... writers incorporates Milton's language or subject - matter ( almost entirely from the poems ) , either for praise or satire . The number of longer essays or studies devoted exclusively to Milton are few , and the bulk of material falls ...
... writers incorporates Milton's language or subject - matter ( almost entirely from the poems ) , either for praise or satire . The number of longer essays or studies devoted exclusively to Milton are few , and the bulk of material falls ...
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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