Milton and the Line of VisionJoseph Anthony Wittreich |
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... Dante . Both engaged themselves with Dante but in different ways . Milton wrote a poem comparable to The Divine Comedy and , like Dante , felt Virgil in the background . " When Milton chose Virgil as one of his epic models , " says ...
... Dante . Both engaged themselves with Dante but in different ways . Milton wrote a poem comparable to The Divine Comedy and , like Dante , felt Virgil in the background . " When Milton chose Virgil as one of his epic models , " says ...
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... Dante and Milton , was earth - bound . The idea of a poetical flight into space - into the Ptolemaic sky , into eschato- logical realms , into chaos and old night or the limbo of vanities- did not suit his bent . He found his limbo of ...
... Dante and Milton , was earth - bound . The idea of a poetical flight into space - into the Ptolemaic sky , into eschato- logical realms , into chaos and old night or the limbo of vanities- did not suit his bent . He found his limbo of ...
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... Dante . We can see him especially at the end of Book I catch Dante's manner , then in Book II reverse himself and parody his Tuscan master . " Had Chaucer been able to sustain this note , " says John Fisher , " he would have been a ...
... Dante . We can see him especially at the end of Book I catch Dante's manner , then in Book II reverse himself and parody his Tuscan master . " Had Chaucer been able to sustain this note , " says John Fisher , " he would have been a ...
Contents
Chaucer and Milton | 3 |
Milton Greatest Spenserian 25 | 25 |
The Poet as Maker | 57 |
Copyright | |
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