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"From Detractions Rude"

Roberts, Donald A. | September 17, 1938 issue

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The article presents two books on the works of John Milton, an English poet. These books are "The Miltonic Setting, Past and Present," by E.M.W. Tillyard and "Milton, Complete Poetry and Selected Prose," edited by E.H. Visiak. "The Miltonic Setting" presents eight short chapters, of which the first, L'Allegro and II Penseroso, and the last, Milton and the Epic, offer directly the results of the Tillyard's researches. The last chapter traces the history of the Renaissance epic and the development of Milton's epic plans. The essay is notable for its learning and, in spite of an occasional sense of forcing, for the cogency of its argument.

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BOOKS; MILTONIC Setting, Past & Present, The (Book); MILTON, Complete Poetry & Selected Prose (Book); POETRY; EPIC literature; EUROPEAN literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600
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