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... poetry . A unity may be demon- strated between Milton's life and poetry that alleviates the dis- tress felt by a reader who sees the polemicist writing with his left hand ( Milton's term for his prose writing ) against human kingship ...
... poetry . A unity may be demon- strated between Milton's life and poetry that alleviates the dis- tress felt by a reader who sees the polemicist writing with his left hand ( Milton's term for his prose writing ) against human kingship ...
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... poetic movement — until the poetry could be subdued into making a linear kind of sense . Allied with this problem was the difficulty of handling allegory in the context of a narrative and symbolism of such cosmic dimensions , without ...
... poetic movement — until the poetry could be subdued into making a linear kind of sense . Allied with this problem was the difficulty of handling allegory in the context of a narrative and symbolism of such cosmic dimensions , without ...
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... poetry . The structures of meaning born of this poetic metamorphosis are clear in themselves , but I have not thought it possible to interpret them as one would a polemic , rationalistically , believing rather that its images need to be ...
... poetry . The structures of meaning born of this poetic metamorphosis are clear in themselves , but I have not thought it possible to interpret them as one would a polemic , rationalistically , believing rather that its images need to be ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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