ComusCambridge University Press, 1912 - 143 pages |
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Page xxviii
... character . The basis of the text of Comus is supplied by the three above - mentioned editions - that of Lawes , 1637 , and those of Milton , 1645 and 1673. Milton's original draft of the poem is among the MSS.2 at Cambridge ; and the ...
... character . The basis of the text of Comus is supplied by the three above - mentioned editions - that of Lawes , 1637 , and those of Milton , 1645 and 1673. Milton's original draft of the poem is among the MSS.2 at Cambridge ; and the ...
Page xxx
... character of the piece , Comus , introduces The cha- racter of Comus , the magician . • another element in the story . He is in all essentials the creation of Milton . In classical Greek μos signifies ' revel ' or ' revelling- band ...
... character of the piece , Comus , introduces The cha- racter of Comus , the magician . • another element in the story . He is in all essentials the creation of Milton . In classical Greek μos signifies ' revel ' or ' revelling- band ...
Page xxxi
... character in that Masque and described as " The founder of taste For fresh meats , or powdered , or pickle , or paste ; Devourer of boiled , baked , roasted or sod ; An emptier of cups . " Obviously this sordid power of dull , " lust ...
... character in that Masque and described as " The founder of taste For fresh meats , or powdered , or pickle , or paste ; Devourer of boiled , baked , roasted or sod ; An emptier of cups . " Obviously this sordid power of dull , " lust ...
Page xxxiv
... character - drawing1 . These things lie outside the province of the Masque- writer , whose fancy plays unfettered in a ... characters except Comus should prepare us for the slightness of the characterisation . 2 Hence the significant ...
... character - drawing1 . These things lie outside the province of the Masque- writer , whose fancy plays unfettered in a ... characters except Comus should prepare us for the slightness of the characterisation . 2 Hence the significant ...
Page xxxix
... characters ( among them Lycidas ) and scenes , and interpolating songs of his own composition . The most curious change occurs in Act III . , which commences with twenty - six lines ( “ But come , thou goddess , " line 11 ) taken from L ...
... characters ( among them Lycidas ) and scenes , and interpolating songs of his own composition . The most curious change occurs in Act III . , which commences with twenty - six lines ( “ But come , thou goddess , " line 11 ) taken from L ...
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