This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...f. Comus (acted at Ludlow Castle, 1634). g. Lycidas (elegy on the death of Edward King, drowned 1637). 2. Prose. a. An Apology for Smectymnuus (1642). An argument against episco-pacy, in support of those writers who, under the name 'Smectym-nuus, ' had replied to Bishop Hall's Humble Remonstrance (1641). b. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...f. Comus (acted at Ludlow Castle, 1634). g. Lycidas (elegy on the death of Edward King, drowned 1637). 2. Prose. a. An Apology for Smectymnuus (1642). An argument against episco-pacy, in support of those writers who, under the name 'Smectym-nuus, ' had replied to Bishop Hall's Humble Remonstrance (1641). b. The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce (1643). A defense of di-vorce, written as the result of his unhappy marriage (1643) w'tn Mary Powell. c. Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing (1644). d. Tractate on Education (1644). e. The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649). Expounds the right of a people to resist the oppression of a monarch. f. Eikonoklastes (1649). Directed against Eikon Basilike, a glorifica-tion of Charles I that had appeared immediately after his execution (1649). 3. Later Poems. a. Sonnets. b. Paradise Lost (1667, 1674). (See Outline XXXIV.) c. Paradise Regained (1671). d. Samson Agonistes (1671). I Milton: Paradise Lost I. Publ1cat1on. Published, 1667, in 10 Books. Second edition, 1674, in 12 Books. (Bks vii and x of 1st edition divided into 2 books each.) II. Poss1ble Sources. Andreini: Adamo (1613). Scriptural drama in Italian recounting many of the Scriptural occurrences recounted in Paradise Lost. Vondel: Lucifer (1654). Tragedy in Dutch recounting the rebellion of the angels. Grotius: Adamus Exul (1601), in Latin. A large number of poems on kindred subjects were published during the 1st half of 17th century, especially in Italian. III. Genes1s Of The Poem. By 1642 Milton had made several outlines for a poem, in the form of a Greek tragedy, on the subject of the Fall of Man. After having been laid aside for a term of years, the work was resumed about 1658, in the form of an epic. (Milton had become blind abou..
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