‘Lycidas’: A Wolf in Saint's Clothing

Critical Inquiry 35 (3):684-702 (2009)
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The article takes seriously the etymology of the hero's name in Milton's Lycidas, suggesting that the wolfish presence, also denounced in the course of the poem, complicates the praise for Milton's dead friend.

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