The Poetic Birth: Milton's Poems of 1645This book offers a reading of most of the poems collected by Milton in his youth and early maturity for Humphrey Moseley's publication of "The Poems of Mr John Milton" in 1645. The edition is examined as a poetic and political manifesto, anticipating many of the ideas more fully discussed in "Paradise Lost". Dr Moseley examines the development of Milton's poetic calling, its origins, authority and national importance, and sets these ideas in their European context. Also explored is Milton's inheritance not only from Classical authors but also from the Italians and Spenser. Dr Moseley then draws attention to the significant structure of the 1645 volume and discusses the manner in which Milton presents material, which was originally written for one audience and context, to another set of readers who knew him as a highly active political figure and who were intended to read this book in the months after the battle of Naseby. A prose translation of all the Latin poems is included. |
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Page 27
... material that he had already mastered . But Cambridge , as we have seen , spent a lot of time on the third of the ' trivial ' arts , logic , the science of argument . The formal techniques of the elenchus , the enthymeme , the syllogism ...
... material that he had already mastered . But Cambridge , as we have seen , spent a lot of time on the third of the ' trivial ' arts , logic , the science of argument . The formal techniques of the elenchus , the enthymeme , the syllogism ...
Page 30
... material , and then proceeding to arithmetic , music , geometry and astronomy : he recognized the silliness of demanding that young people learn to write verses , manipulate logic and make speeches before they have any serious and solid ...
... material , and then proceeding to arithmetic , music , geometry and astronomy : he recognized the silliness of demanding that young people learn to write verses , manipulate logic and make speeches before they have any serious and solid ...
Page 89
... material was gathered - unconnected thoughts and insights , sketches for poems , brief discussions of ideas . Such timber is the raw material from which the edifice will eventually be built . Such a title , therefore , paradoxically ...
... material was gathered - unconnected thoughts and insights , sketches for poems , brief discussions of ideas . Such timber is the raw material from which the edifice will eventually be built . Such a title , therefore , paradoxically ...
Contents
The ceaseless round of study and reading | 20 |
3 | 28 |
and Orpheus | 54 |
Copyright | |
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