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The “Rout of Monsters” in Cornus
Author(s) -
Wentersdorf Karl P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
milton quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1094-348X
pISSN - 0026-4326
DOI - 10.1111/j.1094-348x.1978.tb00064.x
Subject(s) - art , entertainment , tiger , fluid ounce (us) , art history , literature , visual arts , law , computer science , political science , computer security
In his entertainment A Mask Presented at Ludlow‐Castle, 1634 , Milton describes the followers of the “foul inchanter” Comus, son of Circe by Bacchus, as a “rout of Monsters” who have been transformed, by a metamorphosis of their heads, Into som brutish form of Woolf, or Bear, Or Ounce, or Tiger, Hog, or bearded Goat, All other parts remaining as they were.