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Page 34
... poetic aims . With the exception of Drayton , the Spenserians I have mentioned were very minor poets indeed , even in comparison with the earlier Milton ; and in design and craftsmanship and sheer poetic power not even Drayton at his ...
... poetic aims . With the exception of Drayton , the Spenserians I have mentioned were very minor poets indeed , even in comparison with the earlier Milton ; and in design and craftsmanship and sheer poetic power not even Drayton at his ...
Page 77
... poetic diction in Milton's poetry than in Donne's or even in Jonson's , and why Milton , though a greater poet than Donne , is so much more imitative and literary , and why his kind of originality , unlike Donne's , did not consist in ...
... poetic diction in Milton's poetry than in Donne's or even in Jonson's , and why Milton , though a greater poet than Donne , is so much more imitative and literary , and why his kind of originality , unlike Donne's , did not consist in ...
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... poetic , one , at any rate , that was peculiary adapted to his own powers of poetic expression . ' How charming is divine Philosophy ! ' exclaims the Younger Brother at the conclusion of the speech we have been examining , How charming ...
... poetic , one , at any rate , that was peculiary adapted to his own powers of poetic expression . ' How charming is divine Philosophy ! ' exclaims the Younger Brother at the conclusion of the speech we have been examining , How charming ...
Contents
Preface by Geoffrey Tillotson | 7 |
Some remarks on seventeenthcentury poetry | 22 |
The Latin poems | 40 |
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