Milton's Eyesight and the Chronology of His WorksHaskell House, 1924 - 50 страници The author, in a landmark study, traces the advancing deterioration of Milton's eyesight & relates significant passages in his works to various stages in his loss of vision. Presents documentary evidence identifying the poet's eye trouble as albinotic vision & glaucoma. |
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Agreeable Modes Albinotic Facies Albinotic Vision Animadversions attack of glaucoma beams Beatific vision Beiblatt zur Anglia blaze blindness blush Book of Enoch book of Paradise Brutus caput chronology cloak cloud colour composition Comus connection Contrast between Light covert Discipline of Divorce discovered Early English Prose Eikonoklastes enlightening epic of chivalry episcopacy evil eyes Faerie Queene Fallen Angels false fiery fire flame following passage further globe golden lustre rich hath Heliophobia hell Historia Regum Britanniae holy honour influence King Arthur Light and Darkness light-shade complex look lurk lustre rich emblazed Milton Milton's eyesight Milton's photophobia mist Modes of Illumination name Azazel night nightwalkers nyctalopic obscure Paradise Lost Phenomena of Light photophobia and nyctalopia plot poem poet poet's present writer quicksighted Reason of Church Red Cross reference Reformation Of Prelatical retina Satan Saurat Shade and Darkness shadow sight Smectymnuus Tenure of Kings tion truth Verity's note word
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