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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... principle . Knowledge that others had uncovered what appeared to be the Miltonic design was encouraging and yet , since two of them were already in print , also unset- tling . Rather than put aside what I had done Preface.
... principle . Knowledge that others had uncovered what appeared to be the Miltonic design was encouraging and yet , since two of them were already in print , also unset- tling . Rather than put aside what I had done Preface.
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... knowledge and time to help me com- plete this work . In particular , I am deeply grateful to Rob- ert W. Daniel , Louis L. Martz , and Donald L. Rogan , who read various early drafts of this book and made valuable suggestions toward its ...
... knowledge and time to help me com- plete this work . In particular , I am deeply grateful to Rob- ert W. Daniel , Louis L. Martz , and Donald L. Rogan , who read various early drafts of this book and made valuable suggestions toward its ...
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... knowledge , logic , rhetoric , philoso- phy , natural and moral , and . . . that there are many mysteries contained in poetry , which of purpose were written darkly , lest by profane wits it should be abused . This is also closer to ...
... knowledge , logic , rhetoric , philoso- phy , natural and moral , and . . . that there are many mysteries contained in poetry , which of purpose were written darkly , lest by profane wits it should be abused . This is also closer to ...
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... knowledge that God continually brings good out of evil . It follows from this , I would argue , that anagogically Paradise Lost expresses the numinous world of eternal life where " no more Change shall be . " Unlike the didactic ...
... knowledge that God continually brings good out of evil . It follows from this , I would argue , that anagogically Paradise Lost expresses the numinous world of eternal life where " no more Change shall be . " Unlike the didactic ...
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... knowledge and must relearn it peren- nially . But he can learn , and that makes all the difference . The need to learn the importance of the creative act accounts , in part , for the narrative emphasis Milton places on the processes and ...
... knowledge and must relearn it peren- nially . But he can learn , and that makes all the difference . The need to learn the importance of the creative act accounts , in part , for the narrative emphasis Milton places on the processes and ...
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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