That Invincible Samson : : The Theme of Samson Agonistes in World Literature / / Watson Kirkconnell.
This work examines the more than one hundred analogues of Samson Agonistes, about half of them written earlier than Milton's drama. The author has gone back in every instance to primary sources, and examined all treatments of Milton's theme, in all languages, for their intrinsic interest a...
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part One. Analogues -- Samson, Tragoedia Nova (1547) -- Simson, Tragoedia Sacra (1600, 1604) -- Simson (1600, 1602, 1607, 1615, 1616, 1619, 1625) -- Il Sansone: Dialogo Fer Música (1638) -- Samson, Of Heilige Wraeck, Treurspel (1660) -- Part Two. Descriptive Catalogue -- Abbreviations -- Descriptive Catalogue -- Index Of Names |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part One. Analogues -- Samson, Tragoedia Nova (1547) -- Simson, Tragoedia Sacra (1600, 1604) -- Simson (1600, 1602, 1607, 1615, 1616, 1619, 1625) -- Il Sansone: Dialogo Fer Música (1638) -- Samson, Of Heilige Wraeck, Treurspel (1660) -- Part Two. Descriptive Catalogue -- Abbreviations -- Descriptive Catalogue -- Index Of Names |
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