John Milton: A Reader's Guide to His PoetryPresents close analyses of the seventeenth-century poet's literary works, focusing on his use of classical and Biblical allusions |
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The following twenty - five lines show that he intended the " graver subject ” to be
an epic in the classical mode : a poem leading now to the “ thunderous throne ” of
the gods , then down to earth with “ kings and queens and heroes old .
The following twenty - five lines show that he intended the " graver subject ” to be
an epic in the classical mode : a poem leading now to the “ thunderous throne ” of
the gods , then down to earth with “ kings and queens and heroes old .
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The references in the Exercise and in the Sixth Elegy , naturally vague , suggest
that his chief model was to be the Odyssey , but do not indicate any particular
epic theme . During the Horton years Milton must have given a good deal of
thought ...
The references in the Exercise and in the Sixth Elegy , naturally vague , suggest
that his chief model was to be the Odyssey , but do not indicate any particular
epic theme . During the Horton years Milton must have given a good deal of
thought ...
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When , then , did he begin to write Paradise Lost as an epic ? That question too
can be answered only by surmise . We know that he had planned a drama on the
Fall of Man well before he changed to an epic . For this we have the evidence ...
When , then , did he begin to write Paradise Lost as an epic ? That question too
can be answered only by surmise . We know that he had planned a drama on the
Fall of Man well before he changed to an epic . For this we have the evidence ...
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The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
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| Título | John Milton: A Reader's Guide to His Poetry |
| Autor | Marjorie Hope Nicolson |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Octagon Books, 1983 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 25 Jul. 2011 |
| ISBN | 0882549677, 9780882549675 |
| Largo | 385 páginas |
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