On Poetry and Poets: [essays on Virgil, Milton, Johnson, Byron, Kipling, Yeats and others]

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Proof copy. Wrappers. Spine slightly worn at head and foot, 35mm tear in upper hinge at head, covers somewhat marked. "While it must be admitted that Milton is a very great poet indeed, it is something of a puzzle to decide in what his greatness consists. On analysis, the marks against him appear both more numerous and more significant than the marks to his credit. As a man, he is antipathetic. Either from the moralist's point of view, or from the theologian's point of view, or from that of the political philosopher, or judging by the ordinary standards of likeableness in human beings, Milton is unsatisfactory. . . . His misdeeds as a poet have been called attention to, as by Mr. Ezra Pound, but usually in passing. What seems to me necessary is to assert at the same time his greatness - in that what he could do well he did better than any one else has ever done - and the serious charges to be made against him, in respect of the deterioration - the peculiar kind of deterioration - to which he subjected the language.". N° de ref. del artículo 24M100081

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