Milton's Minor Poems : with descriptive poetry of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries / edited by Kenneth W. Wright Chairman English Department, DeWitt Clinton High School, New York.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, John, 1608-1674

Contributor:

Wright, Kenneth W., editor.

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Noble's comparative classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Milton, John.

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Genre:

English poetry.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Penn Provenance:

Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy)

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 168, [2] pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Milton's minor poems : modern descriptive poetry

Place of Publication:

New York : Noble and Noble, 1935.

Contents:

Introduction to Milton's Minor Poems

Milton's Life and Work

Introduction to L'Allegro and Il Penseroso

Table of Mythological Allusions. L'Allegro; Il Penseroso

Descriptive Poetry of the 18th Century School. The Borough-George Crabbe

Descriptive Poetry of the 19th Century. The Prelude-William Wordsworth

Descriptive Poetry of the 20th Century. The Great Lover-Rupert Brooke; Exiled-Edna St. Vincent Millay; Catalog of Lovely Things-Richard Le Gallienne; Autumn-Jean Starr Untermeyer; The Squall-Leonora Speyer; Silver-Walter De La Mare; The Steam Shovel-Eunice Tietjens; On a Subway Express-Chester Firkins

Introduction to Comus. Comus

Introduction to Lycidas. Lycidas

Sonnets.

Notes:

Each section contains questions on the specific poem and comparative study.

Includes college entrance and regents examination questions (pages 163-168).

Local Notes:

PR3552.W7 1935 Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2019 has letter and business card of Evolving Lens Bookseller laid in.

OCLC:

2509480