SYNOPSIS OF THE PASSAGES

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I. Passages Suggesting Milton's Concept of 'Form' 185

II. Examples of Milton's Use of the Word 'Art'
and its Derivatives..

A. Legitimate Ingenuity, Skill, Knowl-
edge of a Method whereby to Perform
a Given Task or to Accomplish a De-
sired End.

189

189

E. Art and Nature in Various Relations... 193

F. Learning, and the Fine and Liberal Arts 194

C. The Function of Poetry (to Teach
and to Delight) .

220

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F. The Subject-Matter of Tragedy....... 245

G. Structural Conventions of Tragedy..... 245

H. The Character of the Tragic Hero...... 245

I. References to the Tragic Flaw in the
Character of Samson.

247

VIII. The Epic..

249

A. General References to Epic Poetry as
a Type, and to Particular Epics...

249

B. The Function of the Epic...

253

C. The Subject-Matter of the Epic....... 254
D. Structural Conventions of the Epic.... 254

IX. References to Poetical Types other than the
Drama and the Epic.

255

XII. The Attitude of the Artist and the Scholar

toward Fame....

277

XIII. The Artist, the Scholar, and Material Reward 282

XVIII. Culture and the Life of the State...

287