Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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... Milton and Dante chose this spot , on which with almost creative power they might show to mankind worlds of their own , " won from the void and formless Infinite , " and from which their own heroic spirits might be reflected back upon ...
... Milton and Dante chose this spot , on which with almost creative power they might show to mankind worlds of their own , " won from the void and formless Infinite , " and from which their own heroic spirits might be reflected back upon ...
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... Milton . The mind had taken a flight above the materiality of Dante , and resting between that and the pure ... Milton's poem but confirms more strongly the conclusion we drew from Dante's , that EPIC POETRY . 25.
... Milton . The mind had taken a flight above the materiality of Dante , and resting between that and the pure ... Milton's poem but confirms more strongly the conclusion we drew from Dante's , that EPIC POETRY . 25.
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... Milton himself whom you see ; his Satan , his Adam , his Raphael , almost his Eve , are all John Milton ; and it is a sense of this intense egotism that gives me 99 the greatest pleasure in reading Milton's works . The 34 EPIC POETRY .
... Milton himself whom you see ; his Satan , his Adam , his Raphael , almost his Eve , are all John Milton ; and it is a sense of this intense egotism that gives me 99 the greatest pleasure in reading Milton's works . The 34 EPIC POETRY .
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