John Milton, EnglishmanChrist among the doctors - Academic exercise - Pastoral interlude - Italian journey - Paradise sort - Deeds above heroic - Heavenly muse - Milton Agonistes - Fair dismission___ |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 38
Page 35
Its immediate inspiration is the fervid and ornate religious verse of the Spenserian tradition , Phineas Fletcher in particular , which , we remember , was indigenous in Cambridge . As the poem progresses , the tones , if not the ideas ...
Its immediate inspiration is the fervid and ornate religious verse of the Spenserian tradition , Phineas Fletcher in particular , which , we remember , was indigenous in Cambridge . As the poem progresses , the tones , if not the ideas ...
Page 66
Between the writing of Comus in 1634 and that of Lycidas in November , 1637 , there are no poems from Milton's pen , unless the verse epistle to his father was prompted , as it may well have been , by the activities in which he had been ...
Between the writing of Comus in 1634 and that of Lycidas in November , 1637 , there are no poems from Milton's pen , unless the verse epistle to his father was prompted , as it may well have been , by the activities in which he had been ...
Page 258
Milton's style replaced that of Spenser as the traditional mode of utterance in English verse . It affected various individuals variously . The couplet writers , who were out of the dominant older tradition but had temporarily taken the ...
Milton's style replaced that of Spenser as the traditional mode of utterance in English verse . It affected various individuals variously . The couplet writers , who were out of the dominant older tradition but had temporarily taken the ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acceptance actually Adam already answer appeared authority become beginning believe blindness Book called cause Christ Church close continued course death Defense Diodati divine doctrine earlier early England English evidence experience expression eyes fact fall father feel final friends give given hand hope human idea imagination interest Italian Italy John kind King knowledge later Latin Lawes learned least less letter light lines literary living marriage matter means Milton mind nature once Paradise Lost passage perhaps period Phillips poem poet poet's poetry present reason received record represented Samson Satan says seemed sense shows sight speaks spirit stand suggests thee things thou thought tion tradition true truth turn verse writing written