 | David Hill Radcliffe - 1996 - 262 страници
...constructing a stricdy British canon is well underway: "Milton was the Poetical Son of Spencer .... Spencer more than once insinuates, that the Soul of Chaucer...after his Decease. Milton has acknowledged to me, that Spencer was his Original" (CH, 205). Despite Milton's several allusions to Spenser, this second transmigration... | |
 | Jayne Elizabeth Lewis - 1996 - 248 страници
...well as other Families. Spencer more than once insinuates, that the Soul of Chaucer was transfus'd into his Body; and that he was begotten by him Two hundred years after his Decease. Milton has acknowledg'd to me that Spencer was his Original. (Preface, 1445) Dryden's genealogy is not a genealogy... | |
 | John Hollander - 1997 - 342 страници
...as well as other families. Spenser more than once insinuates that the soul of Chaucer was transfus'd into his body, and that he was begotten by him two hundred years after his decease."9 It might also be observed that young Bloggs, if asked to characterize his interpretation... | |
 | Michael Werth Gelber - 2002 - 358 страници
...dead are closely linked, as his soul is linked to Chaucer's soul, just as Spenser's was before him: 'Spenser more than once insinuates that the soul of...begotten by him two hundred years after his decease'. 43 Because great poets constitute one tradition or family, they may be compared, as he compares Homer... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 2001 - 320 страници
...Poetical Son of Spencer . . . Spencer more than once insinuates, that the Soul of Chaucer was transfus'd into his Body; and that he was begotten by him Two hundred years after his Decease. Milton has acknowledg'd to me, that Spencer was his Original'. Yet after announcing this, Dryden proceeds to distance... | |
 | Trevor Thornton Ross - 1998 - 412 страници
...at the head of a tradition that could still offer the working poet much in the way of inspiration: "Spenser more than once insinuates that the soul of Chaucer was transfused into his body" (2:280, 270). But, above all, the perception that the language, however perfected in the present, had... | |
 | Richard G. Terry - 2001 - 378 страници
...immediately following: Milton was the poetical son of Spenser, and Mr Waller of Fairfax; for we have our lineal descents and clans as well as other families:...begotten by him two hundred years after his decease. 31 The initial mention of 'lineal descents and clans' admittedly conjures up an image of biological... | |
 | John Sitter - 2001 - 322 страници
...Son of Spencer [sic] . . . Spencer more than once insinuates, that the Soul of Chaucer was transfus'd into his Body; and that he was begotten by him Two hundred years after his Decease. Milton has acknowledg'd to me, that Spencer was his Original." But Dryden does not present himself as the current... | |
 | Stephanie Trigg - 2002 - 312 страници
...well as other Families; Spencer more than once insinuates, that the Soul of Chaucer was transfus'd into his Body; and that he was begotten by him Two hundred years after his Decease. Milton has acknowledg'd to me, that Spencer was his Original" (1445. lines 32-37l. In this passage, Dryden develops... | |
 | Marcie Frank - 2002 - 194 страници
...well as other Families; Spencer more than once insinuates, that the Soul of Chaucer was transfus'd into his Body; and that he was begotten by him Two Hundred years after his Decease." 5 Many readers have recognized Dryden's contribution to the articulation of a literary tradition as... | |
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Milton was the poetical son of Spenser, and Mr. Waller of Fairfax ; for we have our lineal descents and clans, as well as other families. Spenser more than once insinuates that the soul of Chaucer was transfused into his body, and that he was begotten... 
