The Mystical Design of Paradise LostIdentifies and discusses the thematic and structural aspects of the circular pattern underlying Milton's epic poem to elucidate its mystical meanings. |
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... apparent form , the time - tested way of providing consola- tion . But we mistake if we place too much emphasis on this form . As Joseph Wittreich has suggested , there may be an underlying pattern in Lycidas that is more fully ...
... apparent form , the time - tested way of providing consola- tion . But we mistake if we place too much emphasis on this form . As Joseph Wittreich has suggested , there may be an underlying pattern in Lycidas that is more fully ...
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... apparent ran- domness of life . L Allegro and Il Penseroso , taken together , are also circular in form , but the obviousness of the diurnal circularity ultimately stands in the way of thorough aes- thetic pleasure . My point here is ...
... apparent ran- domness of life . L Allegro and Il Penseroso , taken together , are also circular in form , but the obviousness of the diurnal circularity ultimately stands in the way of thorough aes- thetic pleasure . My point here is ...
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... apparent throughout nature , " adding that there can be no doubt but that every thing in the world , by the beauty of its order , and the evidence of a determinate and beneficial purpose which pervades it , testifies that some su- preme ...
... apparent throughout nature , " adding that there can be no doubt but that every thing in the world , by the beauty of its order , and the evidence of a determinate and beneficial purpose which pervades it , testifies that some su- preme ...
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... apparent surface meaning . The latter was the tradition Sidney had in mind in his Apology for Poetry when he said he believed with others that it pleased the heavenly Deity by Hesiod and Homer , under the veil of fables , to give us all ...
... apparent surface meaning . The latter was the tradition Sidney had in mind in his Apology for Poetry when he said he believed with others that it pleased the heavenly Deity by Hesiod and Homer , under the veil of fables , to give us all ...
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... 2 , " The Regeneration of Time . " 4. Alexandre Koyré , From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe ( Baltimore , 1957 ) , p . viii . out of apparent loss a new dimension of time and 26 THE MYSTICAL DESIGN OF PARADISE LOST.
... 2 , " The Regeneration of Time . " 4. Alexandre Koyré , From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe ( Baltimore , 1957 ) , p . viii . out of apparent loss a new dimension of time and 26 THE MYSTICAL DESIGN OF PARADISE LOST.
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's Aeneid allegorical anagogical antimetabole beauty Beelzebub beginning Book VIII Book XII burning lake celestial central Christ Christopher Ricks circular Commedia concept consonant created creation creative Dante darkness dawn death defines demons discussion divine Earth emphasis eternal Eve's evil example Fall fallen angels final Galileo Galileo Galilei garden God's Heaven heavenly Hell heroic historical light lines loss Lycidas man's McColley meaning Michael Milton describes Milton's epic mystical mythic narrative nature Neoplatonic night numerological overall Paradise Lost parallels passage perfect poem poem's poet poetic poetry provides Raphael relation relationship Renaissance return to Eden rhetorical Satan Satan returns says scheme section of Book sense shape significance spatial speech Structure of Paradise Studies style suggest symbolic syntax temporal thee things thir thou tion tradition universe verbal verse paragraph verse sentence victory vision Whaler