Structure in Milton's Poetry: from the Foundation to the PinnaclesMilton's skill in constructing poems whose structure is determined, not by rule or precedent, but by the thought to be expressed, is one of his chief accomplishments as a creative artist. Professor Condee analyzes seventeen of Milton's poems, both early and late, well and badly organized, in order to trace the poet's developing ability to create increasingly complex poetic structures. Three aspects of Milton's use of poetic structure are stressed: the relation of the parts to the whole and parts to parts, his ability to unite actual events with the poetic situation, and his use and variation of literary tradition to establish the desired structural unity. |
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Contents
Miltons Poetical Architecture | 1 |
The Early Latin Poems and Lycidas | 21 |
The Fair Infant Elegia Quinta | 43 |
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| Title | Structure in Milton's Poetry: from the Foundation to the Pinnacles |
| Author | Ralph Waterbury Condee |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0271011335, 9780271011332 |
| Length | 202 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Poetry |
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