Selected Shorter Poems and Prose WritingsIncludes Comus, Lycidas, and extracts from the prose, such as the early pamphlet, Of Reformation, and the celebrated Areopagitica in defence of freedom of the press. |
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... critic Samuel Johnson , were those of ' an acrimonious and surly re- publican ' ( Johnson 1906 : p . 112 ) . William ... critics who would deny the connection and insist on their critical objectivity . Thus the language in which Johnson ...
... critic Samuel Johnson , were those of ' an acrimonious and surly re- publican ' ( Johnson 1906 : p . 112 ) . William ... critics who would deny the connection and insist on their critical objectivity . Thus the language in which Johnson ...
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... critics , too , insisted that Milton's re- publican and libertarian principles were intrinsic to his poetry ; and the discovery in 1823 of the theological treatise De Doctrina Christiana gave Macaulay a chance to reassert the ... critic . 15.
... critics , too , insisted that Milton's re- publican and libertarian principles were intrinsic to his poetry ; and the discovery in 1823 of the theological treatise De Doctrina Christiana gave Macaulay a chance to reassert the ... critic . 15.
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... critics who have tried to answer Johnson's charge of insincerity by claiming that it is entirely traditional , a polished rehearsal of conventional pieties and ele- giac figures of speech , are not necessarily doing Milton a favour ...
... critics who have tried to answer Johnson's charge of insincerity by claiming that it is entirely traditional , a polished rehearsal of conventional pieties and ele- giac figures of speech , are not necessarily doing Milton a favour ...
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An epitaph on the admirable dramatic poet | 27 |
Lycidas 1638 | 56 |
from Areopagitica 1644 | 85 |
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