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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... discussion of the way the poem's circular rhyme scheme relates to musical patterns suggests a more appro- priate tone for the poem than that arising from the pastoral elegy . We might say that Milton recognized the need to imbue his ...
... discussion of the way the poem's circular rhyme scheme relates to musical patterns suggests a more appro- priate tone for the poem than that arising from the pastoral elegy . We might say that Milton recognized the need to imbue his ...
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... discussion of patristic exege- sis contained in Critical Approaches to Medieval Literature ( Selected Papers from the English Institute , 1958-59 , ed . Dorothy Bethurum , [ New York , 1960 ] , pp . 61-82 ) defines the basic difference ...
... discussion of patristic exege- sis contained in Critical Approaches to Medieval Literature ( Selected Papers from the English Institute , 1958-59 , ed . Dorothy Bethurum , [ New York , 1960 ] , pp . 61-82 ) defines the basic difference ...
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... discuss how the overall design of the poem reflects the circular motif , actually turning the epic into a giant figure poem . Finally , I will consider the tempo- ral design of Paradise Lost , attempting to show how it , too , relates ...
... discuss how the overall design of the poem reflects the circular motif , actually turning the epic into a giant figure poem . Finally , I will consider the tempo- ral design of Paradise Lost , attempting to show how it , too , relates ...
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... discussion of Milton's Answerable Style . The career of the infernal trinity , he says , constitutes a negative proof that also has some bearing on Milton's attitude toward the imagination ; for they oppose , in a mechanical metaphor ...
... discussion of Milton's Answerable Style . The career of the infernal trinity , he says , constitutes a negative proof that also has some bearing on Milton's attitude toward the imagination ; for they oppose , in a mechanical metaphor ...
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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