Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Rinehart, 1950 - 376 páginas This book is an invitation to the reading of Milton. The major portion of the volumes consists of sixteen extended essays and studies from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries." -- Preface. |
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... Satan , it is doubtful whether Milton did him the honor of spreading him thus into every human soul . Satan is therefore not " passion " as Christ is “ reason ” —that is to say , not Satan in the poems ; in Milton's mind , it is quite ...
... Satan , it is doubtful whether Milton did him the honor of spreading him thus into every human soul . Satan is therefore not " passion " as Christ is “ reason ” —that is to say , not Satan in the poems ; in Milton's mind , it is quite ...
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... Satanic ex- planations . The grandeur of Satan is confined to the first half of the poem ; if we risk the total significance on him , the second half contributes nothing to the whole : it is an accretion , how- ever excellent in itself ...
... Satanic ex- planations . The grandeur of Satan is confined to the first half of the poem ; if we risk the total significance on him , the second half contributes nothing to the whole : it is an accretion , how- ever excellent in itself ...
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... Satan is a more powerful figure than the Son . The odds are against him , but still he struggles , and wins our profoundest sympathy and admiration . It is of no avail to retort that Satan's energies are evil . Nominally they are either ...
... Satan is a more powerful figure than the Son . The odds are against him , but still he struggles , and wins our profoundest sympathy and admiration . It is of no avail to retort that Satan's energies are evil . Nominally they are either ...
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Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison Six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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