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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... loss . It is interesting to me to see as circular the rhyme scheme that shimmers beneath the surface of Milton's poem , like the rays of the rising sun that seem to come from beneath the waters . The pattern suggests the unending life ...
... loss . It is interesting to me to see as circular the rhyme scheme that shimmers beneath the surface of Milton's poem , like the rays of the rising sun that seem to come from beneath the waters . The pattern suggests the unending life ...
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... 1954 ) chap . 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.
... 1954 ) chap . 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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... loss of much of the old world and its aspirations before the incursions of a new world of knowl- edge and rational optimism , Milton fashioned as perfect a poem as he could , a poem that bore witness in as many ways and as fully as ...
... loss of much of the old world and its aspirations before the incursions of a new world of knowl- edge and rational optimism , Milton fashioned as perfect a poem as he could , a poem that bore witness in as many ways and as fully as ...
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... loss , to reaffirm his faith and create anew . Satan acts negatively . His every endeavor violates the principle of creation . He emulates " the outward pomp and show " of things in order to assert selfhood : The mind is its own place ...
... loss , to reaffirm his faith and create anew . Satan acts negatively . His every endeavor violates the principle of creation . He emulates " the outward pomp and show " of things in order to assert selfhood : The mind is its own place ...
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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