Milton and the Art of Sacred Song: EssaysJohn Max Patrick, Roger H. Sundell University of Wisconsin Press, 1979 - 154 pages |
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Page 11
... Christian may see the spirit ( not the letter ) of biblical truth corroborated in analogous classical myth , the pagan may use his reason and imagination to make a prophetically spiritual use of his myths to anticipate elements of the ...
... Christian may see the spirit ( not the letter ) of biblical truth corroborated in analogous classical myth , the pagan may use his reason and imagination to make a prophetically spiritual use of his myths to anticipate elements of the ...
Page 60
... Christian promise of his words , seems more concerned with good men than with good poets . St. Peter , on the contrary , speaks of pastors who are singers as well . Indeed , one function of the Christian pastoral idiom of his speech is ...
... Christian promise of his words , seems more concerned with good men than with good poets . St. Peter , on the contrary , speaks of pastors who are singers as well . Indeed , one function of the Christian pastoral idiom of his speech is ...
Page 63
... Christ himself . In Lycidas , indeed , the genius has lost most of his " pagan " attributes . He is a national rather than a local spirit and has become an abiding example of the dedicated Christian . In the works after the 1645 Poems ...
... Christ himself . In Lycidas , indeed , the genius has lost most of his " pagan " attributes . He is a national rather than a local spirit and has become an abiding example of the dedicated Christian . In the works after the 1645 Poems ...
Contents
The Pervasive Influence of the Apocrypha | 23 |
Nature Poetry and Miltons Genii | 47 |
The Singer and his Song in the Prologues | 65 |
Copyright | |
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