Milton's Theory of Poetry and Fine Art: An EssayYale University Press, 1924 - 342 páginas |
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... matter . Milton takes his position unequivocally . He would be an opponent of the recent creed of art for art's sake , and of all standards that blind the critic to the vanity of artistic purpose in a random display of talent . An art ...
... matter . Milton takes his position unequivocally . He would be an opponent of the recent creed of art for art's sake , and of all standards that blind the critic to the vanity of artistic purpose in a random display of talent . An art ...
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... matter how brilliant an action may be , it ought not to pass for great unless it is the result of a great motive . ' . Sobriety and industry , patient effort and daring , are meaningless , perhaps vicious , unless the end for which they ...
... matter how brilliant an action may be , it ought not to pass for great unless it is the result of a great motive . ' . Sobriety and industry , patient effort and daring , are meaningless , perhaps vicious , unless the end for which they ...
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... matter and good desires rightly conceived in the heart , wholesome words will follow of themselves . ' In An Apology against a Pamphlet : True eloquence I find to be none but the serious and hearty love of truth ; and that whose mind ...
... matter and good desires rightly conceived in the heart , wholesome words will follow of themselves . ' In An Apology against a Pamphlet : True eloquence I find to be none but the serious and hearty love of truth ; and that whose mind ...
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... matter ; light never fails him , as the expression of the gradations of bliss.1 But though light is thus diffused throughout Dante's poem , his journey may , on the whole , be thought of as a steady progress from the darkness of Hell ...
... matter ; light never fails him , as the expression of the gradations of bliss.1 But though light is thus diffused throughout Dante's poem , his journey may , on the whole , be thought of as a steady progress from the darkness of Hell ...
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... matter , is of course his by right of birth and calling . As English- man , and as poet , he may be expected to turn elsewhere for aesthetic enjoyment . " So far our research comes to this : Milton's references to small objects of ...
... matter , is of course his by right of birth and calling . As English- man , and as poet , he may be expected to turn elsewhere for aesthetic enjoyment . " So far our research comes to this : Milton's references to small objects of ...
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Página 175 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 271 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse...
Página 237 - Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.
Página 17 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the Sun,— Before the Heavens thou wert ; and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Página 307 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors...
Página 36 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven •, The roof was fretted gold.
Página 206 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, — Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony, — That Orpheus...
Página 198 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness, whose hairy sides With thicket overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied...
Página 200 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose ; Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant...
Página 22 - Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appeared Less than arch-angel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...