A Reader's Guide to John MiltonMarjorie Nicolson—one of the foremost authorities on Milton—examines Milton's work, beginning with the famous Minor Poems, "L'Allegro," "II Penseroso," "Comus" (and "Arcades"), and "Lycides." She explores Milton's middle years, when he was diverted from poetry to become Latin Secretary under Oliver Cromwell. Finally, she looks at the great poems, including a book-by-book analysis of Paradise Lost and a careful reading of Milton's poetic "closet drama," Samson Agonistes. |
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Page 181
... chorus . In the first three drafts we notice more allegorial than real figures : Wisdom , Justice , Mercy , Conscience , Sickness , Death and others , suggest the kind of masque- figures in which Milton showed interest in his early ...
... chorus . In the first three drafts we notice more allegorial than real figures : Wisdom , Justice , Mercy , Conscience , Sickness , Death and others , suggest the kind of masque- figures in which Milton showed interest in his early ...
Page 182
... Chorus bewails Adam's Fall , as the angels mourn it in Book XI . In the last act of the scenario , Adam and Eve continue to accuse each other - as in Book XI - until Justice and the Chorus both admonish Adam . The Angel is sent to ...
... Chorus bewails Adam's Fall , as the angels mourn it in Book XI . In the last act of the scenario , Adam and Eve continue to accuse each other - as in Book XI - until Justice and the Chorus both admonish Adam . The Angel is sent to ...
Page 368
... Chorus remarks : " His Giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen . " Although the Chorus is not fully aware of the change that has come over Samson , they realize something of it , as the tone of their choral ode implies : O how comely it ...
... Chorus remarks : " His Giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen . " Although the Chorus is not fully aware of the change that has come over Samson , they realize something of it , as the tone of their choral ode implies : O how comely it ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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Adam and Eve Adam's Aeneid appear Areopagitica basic begins Belial Biblical blind Book XI called Cambridge character Chorus Christ Christian classical climax Comus Council Scene Creation critics Dalilah dark death deity deliberately Diodati drama earth elegy English epic Eve's eyes fallen angels familiar father feel Genesis Greek hear Heaven Hell Il Penseroso implied Italian John Milton King L'Allegro Lady later Latin Lawes learned light lines living Ludlow Castle Lycidas Mammon masque memory Milton wrote mind modern Moloch mood Muse Nativity Ode Nature pagan Pandemonium Paradise Lost Paradise Regained paraphrase particularly passage Penseroso phrase Pindar poem poet poetry Prologue Psalms Puritan Raphael Reason Renaissance rhyme rises Samson Agonistes Satan says seems sestet shepherd sing song sonnet sound speech Spenser Spirit stanza suggested temptation thee theme thou Tillyard tion tradition University verse word write written young youth