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title: 'Milton and Tennyson'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1883-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Aesthetics'
- 'Literature'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 6'
- 'Genesis 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/van-dyke-1883-milton-and-tennyson
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# Milton and Tennyson

Comparative essay tracing deep affinities between Milton and Tennyson: shared classical learning, love of beauty, and similar poetic temperament, style, and imagery.

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