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... Milton's turn . But before we begin any consideration of Johnson as a critic of Milton , there is one hurdle to get over at the outset : the recurrent lurking scandal of Johnson's apparent support of William Lauder's Essay on Milton ...
... Milton's turn . But before we begin any consideration of Johnson as a critic of Milton , there is one hurdle to get over at the outset : the recurrent lurking scandal of Johnson's apparent support of William Lauder's Essay on Milton ...
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... Milton's prosody ; Ezra Pound's comments on Milton are arrogant nonsense ; Eliot painted himself into a corner ; F. R. Leavis applied inapplicable standards and ended up with a resounding misassessment ; William Empson's brilliant Milton's ...
... Milton's prosody ; Ezra Pound's comments on Milton are arrogant nonsense ; Eliot painted himself into a corner ; F. R. Leavis applied inapplicable standards and ended up with a resounding misassessment ; William Empson's brilliant Milton's ...
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... Milton's republican politics Johnson has the astringent comment : ' It is to be suspected that his predominant desire was to destroy rather than establish , and that he felt not so much the love of liberty as repugnance to authority ...
... Milton's republican politics Johnson has the astringent comment : ' It is to be suspected that his predominant desire was to destroy rather than establish , and that he felt not so much the love of liberty as repugnance to authority ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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