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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... beginning , yet not the same point , because , as in the Aeneid , the ending is the starting point renewed and transformed by the heroic quest of Christ . Thus there can be only one cycle , not an endless series of them " ( p . 19 ) ...
... beginning , yet not the same point , because , as in the Aeneid , the ending is the starting point renewed and transformed by the heroic quest of Christ . Thus there can be only one cycle , not an endless series of them " ( p . 19 ) ...
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... beginning to end the Divine creative process . It is both substance and structure of his epic.6 The creative essence of God is something Satan never re- ally understands ( cf. VI . 853-69 ) . As a result of the Fall , man pays dearly ...
... beginning to end the Divine creative process . It is both substance and structure of his epic.6 The creative essence of God is something Satan never re- ally understands ( cf. VI . 853-69 ) . As a result of the Fall , man pays dearly ...
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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