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... poetry must be- come his pleasant avocation in leisure hours , or he must cease to be an active poet . If Milton had thought poetry a mere personal indulgence , he could have been content ; or if he had thought it the most important ...
... poetry must be- come his pleasant avocation in leisure hours , or he must cease to be an active poet . If Milton had thought poetry a mere personal indulgence , he could have been content ; or if he had thought it the most important ...
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... poets by the persuasive force of his example . Now that he is satis- fied with the poet's high mission , he has absolved himself from the suspicion of vanity , of remoteness from the im- portant issues of life , or of concern with such ...
... poets by the persuasive force of his example . Now that he is satis- fied with the poet's high mission , he has absolved himself from the suspicion of vanity , of remoteness from the im- portant issues of life , or of concern with such ...
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... poetry at all , Milton , though he denied the alternative , accepted the duty , and having ac - ✓ cepted , fulfilled it to the letter in Paradise Lost , Paradise Regained , and Samson Agonistes . Poetry has now a func- tion other than ...
... poetry at all , Milton , though he denied the alternative , accepted the duty , and having ac - ✓ cepted , fulfilled it to the letter in Paradise Lost , Paradise Regained , and Samson Agonistes . Poetry has now a func- tion other than ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Plato and Milton Cornell paperbacks, ISSN 2574-707X Volume 35 of Cornell studies in English |
| Author | Irene Samuel |
| Edition | reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 182 pages |
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