Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Samuel Ernest Sprott. to an ageing book - worm ; why to a modern critic ' Paradise Lost is a matter of resisting , of ... Critics ' assumption that the standards by which they created their own poetry are the only standards by which they ...
Samuel Ernest Sprott. to an ageing book - worm ; why to a modern critic ' Paradise Lost is a matter of resisting , of ... Critics ' assumption that the standards by which they created their own poetry are the only standards by which they ...
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... criticism . For critic as for poet , prosodical studies sharpen and inform sensi- tivities . Milton was such a unique and influential prosodist that it is surprising that so little work has been done on this aspect of his verse . Most ...
... criticism . For critic as for poet , prosodical studies sharpen and inform sensi- tivities . Milton was such a unique and influential prosodist that it is surprising that so little work has been done on this aspect of his verse . Most ...
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... critics too have taken this viewpoint , assuming that the way in which the Preface was introduced when part of the first edition had already been sold indicates that it was something of an after- thought , in the nature of a concession ...
... critics too have taken this viewpoint , assuming that the way in which the Preface was introduced when part of the first edition had already been sold indicates that it was something of an after- thought , in the nature of a concession ...
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