The Riverside MiltonThe first one-volume anthology of John Milton's complete poetry and selected prose to be published in over 30 years, The Riverside Milton reflects the highest quality and most current scholarship. As editor of The Milton Quarterly for 30 years, Roy Flannagan is uniquely qualified to survey Milton's work. Pedagogy includes a comprehensive index designed to help students from undergraduate to graduate levels conceive paper topics; factual introductions; extensive annotations with references; margin definitions; and a chronology. |
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Page 587
... Serpent's body - the body of an apparently innocent animal - being used by Satan as an instrument of evil , but Genesis had remarked that the Serpent was already " subtle " ( 3.1 ) and serpent lore held that the animal was naturally ...
... Serpent's body - the body of an apparently innocent animal - being used by Satan as an instrument of evil , but Genesis had remarked that the Serpent was already " subtle " ( 3.1 ) and serpent lore held that the animal was naturally ...
Page 600
... Serpent , Inmate bad , and toward Eve Address'd his way , not with indented ° wave , Prone on the ground , as since , but on his reare , Circular base of rising foulds , that tour'd ° Fould above fould a surging Maze , his Head Crested ...
... Serpent , Inmate bad , and toward Eve Address'd his way , not with indented ° wave , Prone on the ground , as since , but on his reare , Circular base of rising foulds , that tour'd ° Fould above fould a surging Maze , his Head Crested ...
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... Serpent thus his curse let fall . Because thou hast done this , thou art accurst Above all Cattle , each Beast of the Field ; Upon thy Belly groveling thou shalt goe , And dust shalt eat all the dayes of thy Life.68 Between Thee and the ...
... Serpent thus his curse let fall . Because thou hast done this , thou art accurst Above all Cattle , each Beast of the Field ; Upon thy Belly groveling thou shalt goe , And dust shalt eat all the dayes of thy Life.68 Between Thee and the ...
Contents
Early Lives | 1 |
Poems published first in 1673 Poems | 246 |
Uncollected Poems from Manuscripts | 289 |
Copyright | |
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