We can anatomize some of the forms of power that have been most commonly attributed to this greatest English poet.

我们可以剖析一下这种种,大家通常认为这伟大的英国诗人所具有的力量。

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Now, probably the form of power that we most readily associated with John Milton involves his position at the dead center of the English literary canon.

我们最容易由约翰·弥尔顿,联想到的力量形式很可能,与他处在英国文学经典的中心位置有关。

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It would be utterly inadequate for us to account for this institutional and surreal institutional power that Milton holds over us by stating blandly that Milton is the greatest English poet.

要解释弥尔顿为什么能对我们施加,这样硬性的甚至荒诞的控制,仅仅说弥尔顿是最伟大的英国诗人是远远不足的。

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So I've given this first lecture a title, the title being "Milton, Power, and the Power of Milton," because any introduction to Milton has to confront the long-standing conviction in English letters of Milton's power or his strength as a poet.

所以我给这第一场讲座起名叫做，米尔顿，力量，以及米尔顿的力量“,因为只要要介绍米尔顿，就无法绕开,米尔顿作为诗人的力量,这一英国文学一直以来的话题。

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