Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Rinehart, 1950 - 376 pages This book is an invitation to the reading of Milton. The major portion of the volumes consists of sixteen extended essays and studies from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries." -- Preface. |
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... imagination place himself ; he has , therefore , little natural curiosity or sympathy . We all , indeed , feel the effects of Adam's disobedience ; we all sin like Adam , and like him must all bewail our offences ; we have restless and ...
... imagination place himself ; he has , therefore , little natural curiosity or sympathy . We all , indeed , feel the effects of Adam's disobedience ; we all sin like Adam , and like him must all bewail our offences ; we have restless and ...
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... imagination with the poet's creations , unconscious of the impassable gulf which yawned between himself and one whose most rapt imagination never led him for a moment to trespass beyond the bounds of sanity . But more characteristically ...
... imagination with the poet's creations , unconscious of the impassable gulf which yawned between himself and one whose most rapt imagination never led him for a moment to trespass beyond the bounds of sanity . But more characteristically ...
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... imagination , and therefore , in the long run , for the sake of wisdom or spiritual health — the rightness and ... imagination , " gives us a view of the world . But a concrete ( as opposed to a purely concep- tual ) view of ...
... imagination , and therefore , in the long run , for the sake of wisdom or spiritual health — the rightness and ... imagination , " gives us a view of the world . But a concrete ( as opposed to a purely concep- tual ) view of ...
Contents
Preface V | 3 |
Joseph Addison SIX Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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