A Critical Study of John Milton's On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Author

Daniel Patterson

Publication Date

6-2-1961

Abstract

One can hardly avoid, in writing a critical study of John Milton's On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, the sense of having been preceded by a sizable vanguard of scholars. Upon Virtually every tree there is a blaze, in nearly every trail a footprint. But without the successes, failures, guesses and assertions of those who have gone before him, the aspiring critic of so complex a poem might return without ever having sighted his quarry. Criticism of Milton's Hymn has not been remarkable for any deviation from the common patterns of literary scholarships during the past centuries. In fact, to trace the history of comment on the poem is to find the changing canons of critical practice reflected with considerable accuracy.

Degree Name

English

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

English

First Committee Member (Chair)

Morris Freedman

Second Committee Member

Hoyt Trowbridge

Third Committee Member

Franklin Miller Dickey

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Patterson, Daniel. "A Critical Study of John Milton's On the Morning of Christ's Nativity." (1961). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/engl_etds/186