The Sublime Puritan, Issue 4This is a study of poet John Milton's reputation and importance during the Victorian era, while highlighting the difference between modern and Victorian modes of criticism. Modern critics are concerned with what Milton means, while Victorian critics focused on what Milton meant to their entire society. For Victorians' Milton remained a vital presence, his political ideas found new champions, and his poetry continued to provoke responses from all levels of society--positive to negative--but never indifferent. |
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... spirit of that philosophy of which he is the apostle [ i.e. , the scientific spirit of Positivism ] . " But Masson accounted for it " by the going out , in the progress of civilization , of those sensations which seem naturally fitted ...
... spirit of that philosophy of which he is the apostle [ i.e. , the scientific spirit of Positivism ] . " But Masson accounted for it " by the going out , in the progress of civilization , of those sensations which seem naturally fitted ...
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... spirit ; he did have many aristocratic tastes , but he fully supported a republican cause . As Edmond Scherer wrote in his famous essay , Milton " is an elegant poet and a passionate controversialist , an accomplished humanist and a ...
... spirit ; he did have many aristocratic tastes , but he fully supported a republican cause . As Edmond Scherer wrote in his famous essay , Milton " is an elegant poet and a passionate controversialist , an accomplished humanist and a ...
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... Spirit . " " And he believes that the " chief resemblance of [ Tennyson's ] poem to Milton's is in the parallel conception of the gardens as a restful abode for the privileged spirit and as a source of creativity — in Mil- ton's case of ...
... Spirit . " " And he believes that the " chief resemblance of [ Tennyson's ] poem to Milton's is in the parallel conception of the gardens as a restful abode for the privileged spirit and as a source of creativity — in Mil- ton's case of ...
Contents
A Power Amongst Powers | 3 |
Shakespeare and Milton | 13 |
Notes | 155 |
Copyright | |
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