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Pagina 9
... poem in the long series of pastoral funeral elegies stretching back to Theocritus, and in a series of biblical warnings and apocalyptic prophecies beginning with those words, especially Hebrews 12: 26±8 (Wittreich 1979: 137±53).
... poem in the long series of pastoral funeral elegies stretching back to Theocritus, and in a series of biblical warnings and apocalyptic prophecies beginning with those words, especially Hebrews 12: 26±8 (Wittreich 1979: 137±53).
Pagina 25
In a third instance, however, no tension is felt. When Satan first finds voice in the poem, speaking to his chief ally Beelzebub as they lie weltering upon the livid flood of hell, his words are If thou beest he; but oh how fallen!
In a third instance, however, no tension is felt. When Satan first finds voice in the poem, speaking to his chief ally Beelzebub as they lie weltering upon the livid flood of hell, his words are If thou beest he; but oh how fallen!
Pagina 28
Such an interpretation is that of J. Martin Evans, done in terms of the whole argument of the poem, as it absorbs or inverts or extends several eclogues, and (in one word, again) appropriates them. `If the muse is not only thankless but ...
Such an interpretation is that of J. Martin Evans, done in terms of the whole argument of the poem, as it absorbs or inverts or extends several eclogues, and (in one word, again) appropriates them. `If the muse is not only thankless but ...
Pagina 29
And yet polemistes is `better' still, either because it is a Homeric word or because the sense comes nearer to ... three kings because he `poured water on the hands of Elijah' (verse 11); in other words, had been his servant or acolyte.
And yet polemistes is `better' still, either because it is a Homeric word or because the sense comes nearer to ... three kings because he `poured water on the hands of Elijah' (verse 11); in other words, had been his servant or acolyte.
Pagina 33
... to grasp and advance on Aristotle in the understanding of his highest genre, tragedy; a preface which answers to the poem's own reflection on tragic effect, as `calm of mind all passion spent' (line 1758, the poem's closing words).
... to grasp and advance on Aristotle in the understanding of his highest genre, tragedy; a preface which answers to the poem's own reflection on tragic effect, as `calm of mind all passion spent' (line 1758, the poem's closing words).
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Inhoudsopgave
PART II Politics and Religion | 107 |
PART III Texts | 211 |
PART IV Influences and Reputation | 445 |
PART V Biography | 481 |
Consolidated Bibliography | 499 |
General Index | 521 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | A Companion to Milton Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture |
| Redacteur | Thomas N. Corns |
| Editie | herzien |
| Uitgever | John Wiley & Sons, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0470998628, 9780470998625 |
| Lengte | 548 pagina's |
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