The Life of John Milton: A Critical Biography

“Studious Retirement” 1632–1638 herself she figures the power of true poetry to counter unruly sensuality and de- based rhetoric ...

“Studious Retirement” 1632–1638 the adumbrations of apocalypse, the call to prophecy. The opening phrase, “Yet once more,” prepa ...

“Studious Retirement” 1632–1638 swain then questions the nymphs, the muses, and the classical gods as to why they did not preven ...

“Studious Retirement” 1632–1638 That answer, however incomplete, encourages the swain to recall pastoral – “O Fountain Arethuse” ...

“Studious Retirement” 1632–1638 Alphaeus and the Sicilian muse, producing a flower passage exquisite in its delicacy and beauty. ...

“Studious Retirement” 1632–1638 Thus sang the uncouth Swain to th’Okes and rills, While the still morn went out with Sandals gra ...

4 “I Became Desirous... of Seeing Foreign Parts, Especially Italy” 1638–1639 Milton traveled on the Continent, by his own imprec ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 ling reputation with the learned of Europe. It is nonetheless revealing, as it registers Milton ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 Scudamore, Viscount of Sligo, to English merchants along his route, requesting their assistance ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 His entry point, Nice, was part of the Duchy of Savoy, then embroiled in almost constant power ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 There I at once became the friend of many gentlemen eminent in rank and learning, whose private ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 and discussions on such topics as Torricelli’s experiments, distributive justice, the qualities ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 took great interest in this work-in-progress and seems to have discussed it with him on several ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 where he stayed at times for medical treatment.^26 The visit may have been arranged through Vin ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 Milton would have had letters of introduction from his Florentine friends to some of the Roman ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 the vein of the Lesbian poets Sappho and Alcaeus. The speaker asks the goddess Health and espec ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 since 1502, it was ruled by a resident Spanish viceroy; the upper classes aped Span- ish fashio ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 Before Milton left Naples, Manso presented him with gifts – probably two of his own books^53 – ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 ably exaggerated the danger in 1654, to present himself as an embattled Protes- tant threatened ...

“Seeing Foreign Parts” 1638–1639 Although I can remember (and often do) many courteous and cordial favors which I have received ...