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... language with which Comus and the Lady represent their respective positions . Her speeches are characterised by a rational consistency and a moderation of ... language is the language of odours 130 JOHN MILTON AND THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION.
... language with which Comus and the Lady represent their respective positions . Her speeches are characterised by a rational consistency and a moderation of ... language is the language of odours 130 JOHN MILTON AND THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION.
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... language is merely ' artificial and conventional ' , 8 that his imagery is general , rather than particular , and that his essentially rhetorical style results in a dislocation between the surface ' auditory ' meaning of the poem and ...
... language is merely ' artificial and conventional ' , 8 that his imagery is general , rather than particular , and that his essentially rhetorical style results in a dislocation between the surface ' auditory ' meaning of the poem and ...
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... language , as distinct from both Latin and Greek , de- mands a verse form in which ' words seem to do what they say'.2 Furthermore , the very fact that Milton's Paradise Lost is the only major epic poem written in the English language ...
... language , as distinct from both Latin and Greek , de- mands a verse form in which ' words seem to do what they say'.2 Furthermore , the very fact that Milton's Paradise Lost is the only major epic poem written in the English language ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
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