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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... narrative and thematic lines of the poem's development . To my surprise — and no doubt to that of my students as well I found as my structural sketches multiplied more and more evidence of an elaborately articulated , circular pattern ...
... narrative and thematic lines of the poem's development . To my surprise — and no doubt to that of my students as well I found as my structural sketches multiplied more and more evidence of an elaborately articulated , circular pattern ...
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... narrative or moral levels of the poem , to be sure , but ultimately bespeaking the mystical sense of God's providence and wisdom in working out the affairs of man . The circular design suits well with Renais- sance notions of symbol and ...
... narrative or moral levels of the poem , to be sure , but ultimately bespeaking the mystical sense of God's providence and wisdom in working out the affairs of man . The circular design suits well with Renais- sance notions of symbol and ...
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... narrative signify that which relates to God's eternal glory . The tradition , which has been exhaustively treated recently by Father Henri de Lubac , 4 probably begins with Philo's commentaries on the Pentateuch . Origen and Augustine ...
... narrative signify that which relates to God's eternal glory . The tradition , which has been exhaustively treated recently by Father Henri de Lubac , 4 probably begins with Philo's commentaries on the Pentateuch . Origen and Augustine ...
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... narrative to embody his allegory . Milton recounts what were for him the historical facts of the Creation and Fall . Robert Hollander makes the distinction forcefully in his recent study of the Allegory in Dante's Commedia : to be ...
... narrative to embody his allegory . Milton recounts what were for him the historical facts of the Creation and Fall . Robert Hollander makes the distinction forcefully in his recent study of the Allegory in Dante's Commedia : to be ...
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... narrative of the Creation , Fall , and promise of redemption . Allegorically , the story of the Fall then might be read as a type of the begetting , death , and resurrection of Jesus , the second Adam . Morally , the narra- tive ...
... narrative of the Creation , Fall , and promise of redemption . Allegorically , the story of the Fall then might be read as a type of the begetting , death , and resurrection of Jesus , the second Adam . Morally , the narra- tive ...
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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