Musical Backgrounds for English Literature, 1580-1650Greenwood Press, 1976 - 292 pages
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Page 196
... Milton " is uneasy , sceptical , about the whole foundation of poetry as an art . " But has Milton succeeded , he asks , in this new venture , whatever it is ? " Where then is Milton the individualist , whose metrical departures would ...
... Milton " is uneasy , sceptical , about the whole foundation of poetry as an art . " But has Milton succeeded , he asks , in this new venture , whatever it is ? " Where then is Milton the individualist , whose metrical departures would ...
Page 197
... Milton contrive so seemingly intricate a composition ? Was he merely elaborating ingeniously on classical models ... Milton's poem . " Many critics , attempting to grasp this elusive structural and emotional quality of " Lycidas ...
... Milton contrive so seemingly intricate a composition ? Was he merely elaborating ingeniously on classical models ... Milton's poem . " Many critics , attempting to grasp this elusive structural and emotional quality of " Lycidas ...
Page 273
... Milton , On the Morning of Christ's Nativity , " The Hymn , " stanza xiii ; “ Il Penseroso , " line 126 ; " Lycidas , " lines 28 , 124. Denis Saurat , Milton : Man and Thinker ( New York , 1925 ) , pp . 301 ff . 2. For drafts of Milton's ...
... Milton , On the Morning of Christ's Nativity , " The Hymn , " stanza xiii ; “ Il Penseroso , " line 126 ; " Lycidas , " lines 28 , 124. Denis Saurat , Milton : Man and Thinker ( New York , 1925 ) , pp . 301 ff . 2. For drafts of Milton's ...
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A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
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