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... reading much more rapid than most blank verse allows . As Mr. Eliot , a master of expressive rhythm , has said ... readers may choose to ignore , the essen- tial myth , the picture of the grandeur and misery of man , remains " true ...
... reading much more rapid than most blank verse allows . As Mr. Eliot , a master of expressive rhythm , has said ... readers may choose to ignore , the essen- tial myth , the picture of the grandeur and misery of man , remains " true ...
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... readers ; and contemporary poets seem to be aware of Milton only as people are aware of the Elgin Marbles . It is natural for readers to be drawn chiefly to the mirrors and inter- preters of their own age and , in addition , to those ...
... readers ; and contemporary poets seem to be aware of Milton only as people are aware of the Elgin Marbles . It is natural for readers to be drawn chiefly to the mirrors and inter- preters of their own age and , in addition , to those ...
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... reader's guide to his poetry ( 1963 ) is the harvest of many years of notable teach- ing and research . M. Y. Hughes and others are editing a large variorum commentary on all the ... READING ( 1963 ) SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING [ 213 ]
... reader's guide to his poetry ( 1963 ) is the harvest of many years of notable teach- ing and research . M. Y. Hughes and others are editing a large variorum commentary on all the ... READING ( 1963 ) SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING [ 213 ]
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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