ANQ, January 1st, 1998
Edgar Allan Poe's "Ligeia" generally found in 'Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque,' is similar in spirit to John Milton's 'Comus,' suggesting the name Ligeia was appropriated from Milton's 'Comus.' Poe took Milton's brief appearance of Ligea and used her as Ligeia, a major character in his work.
Poe's Broadway Journal review of Rufus Griswold's 1845 edition of The Prose Works of John Milton shows that he knew Milton's poetry and prose well and that Milton is artistic exemplar for "The Poetic Principle" (Home Journal 1850). Although Poe was not enthusiastic about Paradise Lost, he saw the ep...
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