John Milton, EnglishmanChrist among the doctors - Academic exercise - Pastoral interlude - Italian journey - Paradise sort - Deeds above heroic - Heavenly muse - Milton Agonistes - Fair dismission___ |
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Page 73
... imagination had fed on the glories of Dante , Petrarch , Ariosto , and Tasso . There was , finally , the fact of Diodati's Italian origin and the desire , as a prospective statesman of Protestant reform , to see the land of Catholic ...
... imagination had fed on the glories of Dante , Petrarch , Ariosto , and Tasso . There was , finally , the fact of Diodati's Italian origin and the desire , as a prospective statesman of Protestant reform , to see the land of Catholic ...
Page 257
... imagination and emotion in poetry above " correctness " made increasing way for a more exalted praise . Milton had invented a new type of poem , the " divine epic , " superior to Homer and Virgil . His genius was above the rules . The ...
... imagination and emotion in poetry above " correctness " made increasing way for a more exalted praise . Milton had invented a new type of poem , the " divine epic , " superior to Homer and Virgil . His genius was above the rules . The ...
Page 260
... imagination was powerfully stimulated by the poetic creations of his predecessor ; his own poetry dealt with comparable cosmic themes and spiritual issues ; and Milton's name is often on his lips in tones of reverence . Yet he was at ...
... imagination was powerfully stimulated by the poetic creations of his predecessor ; his own poetry dealt with comparable cosmic themes and spiritual issues ; and Milton's name is often on his lips in tones of reverence . Yet he was at ...
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