The Minor Poems in EnglishMacmillan, 1972 - 362 pages |
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... ancient literatures and two modern into a powerful and coherent body of poetry is less easily communicated . Milton emerges from all this as a sort of literary freak . Instead of destroying the old in order to construct the new , he ...
... ancient literatures and two modern into a powerful and coherent body of poetry is less easily communicated . Milton emerges from all this as a sort of literary freak . Instead of destroying the old in order to construct the new , he ...
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... ancient civilisation of Greece and Rome . Now it is an interesting fact that Englishmen find it easy to doubt the very existence of the Renaissance , to argue that nothing really important was created by the revivers , but that on the ...
... ancient civilisation of Greece and Rome . Now it is an interesting fact that Englishmen find it easy to doubt the very existence of the Renaissance , to argue that nothing really important was created by the revivers , but that on the ...
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... ancient form of epic in Paradise Lost not only for docile imitation , but also to correct its unregenerate morality . Similarly , he enters the world of masque in order to depose its ancient king . Thus Milton's poem is about the defeat ...
... ancient form of epic in Paradise Lost not only for docile imitation , but also to correct its unregenerate morality . Similarly , he enters the world of masque in order to depose its ancient king . Thus Milton's poem is about the defeat ...
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