Structure in Milton's poetry : from the foundation to the pinnacles / Ralph Waterbury Condee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Condee, Ralph Waterbury, 1916-1997, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Criticism and interpretation.

Milton, John.

Poetics--History--17th century.

Poetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 pages)

Place of Publication:

University Park ; London : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [1974]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Milton's skill in constructing poems whose structure is determined, not by rule or precedent, but by the thought to be expressed, is one of his chief accomplishments as a creative artist. Professor Condee analyzes seventeen of Milton's poems, both early and late, well and badly organized, in order to trace the poet's developing ability to create increasingly complex poetic structures.Three aspects of Milton's use of poetic structure are stressed: the relation of the parts to the whole and parts to parts, his ability to unite actual events with the poetic situation, and his use and variation of literary tradition to establish the desired structural unity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

I. Milton's Poetical Architecture

II. The Dynamic Structure of Paradise Lost

III. The Early Latin Poems and "Lycidas"

IV. The Fair Infant, "Elegia Quinta," and the Nativity Ode

V. The Companion Pieces and "Ad Patrem"

VI. Comus as a Multi-Dimensional Poem

VII. "Mansus" and the Panegyric Tradition

VIII. "Epitaphium Damonis" as the Transcendence over the Pastoral

IX. Samson Agonistes and the Tragic Justice of God's Ways

X. Paradise Regained as the Transcendence over the Epic

XI. The Developing Concept of Structure in Milton's Poetry

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271071886

0271071885

OCLC:

1257323974