Milton's Shakespeare: Imitation and Originality

Encouraged by the recent renewal of interest in the relationship between Milton and Shakespeare, this essay focuses on that relationship in the light of the tension between the literalism of sola scriptura in reformed religion, on the one hand, and the countervailing insistence on imitation as the r...

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Subtitles:"Special issue: Interpoetics in Renaissance Poetry"
Main Author: Stevens, R. Paul 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Iter Press 2022
In: Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2022, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-206
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Originality
B Shakespeare
B Imitation
B Richard III
B Virtù
B Milton
B Eikonoklastes
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