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Author:   Herbert J. C. Grierson
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.260kg
ISBN:  

9781107658523

ISBN 10:   1107658527
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   31 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Preface; 1. Prophetic poetry; the Hebrew prophets; 2. John Milton and the Renaissance theory of poetry; a poem 'doctrinal to a nation'; the awakening; the 'reform of reformation'; 3. The first shock; marriage and divorce; a pause in pamphleteering and return to poetry; the first decisive step; regicide; 4. The dismissal of Parliament; Milton and Cromwell; 5. The final return to poetry; Milton's early poems; Paradise Lost; its doctrine and its temper; the prophetic and the poetic in the poem; Milton's diction and verse; 6. Paradise Regained; Milton's Christ; Samson Agonistes; Milton's final vindication of himself and those he followed in the great deeds of the rebellion; 7. Wordsworth and the French Revolution; a contrast with Milton; References to quotations.

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