John Milton and the English Revolution: A Study in the Sociology of LiteratureBarnes & Noble Books, 1981 - 248 pages |
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Page 40
... life , which manifests itself in newness that can't be exhaustively reduced to the determined.'152 For Leavis , all great art is characterised precisely by this commitment to ' life ' in the sense of non - determined spontaneous ...
... life , which manifests itself in newness that can't be exhaustively reduced to the determined.'152 For Leavis , all great art is characterised precisely by this commitment to ' life ' in the sense of non - determined spontaneous ...
Page 123
... Milton entirely untenable . The underlying opposition in Paradise Lost cannot be that between reason and passion , he argues , quite simply because Milton's own life gives little evidence of a rational ' temperance ' : ' in his general ...
... Milton entirely untenable . The underlying opposition in Paradise Lost cannot be that between reason and passion , he argues , quite simply because Milton's own life gives little evidence of a rational ' temperance ' : ' in his general ...
Page 150
... Milton was able to reassert many of the central canons of his earlier political faith . As Tillyard observes : ' During Milton's life his various props had failed him in varying degrees : human love , human goodness , human progress ...
... Milton was able to reassert many of the central canons of his earlier political faith . As Tillyard observes : ' During Milton's life his various props had failed him in varying degrees : human love , human goodness , human progress ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
Copyright | |
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