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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... perfect plan that exists amid the apparent ran- domness of life . L Allegro and Il Penseroso , taken together , are also circular in form , but the obviousness of the diurnal circularity ultimately stands in the way of thorough aes ...
... perfect plan that exists amid the apparent ran- domness of life . L Allegro and Il Penseroso , taken together , are also circular in form , but the obviousness of the diurnal circularity ultimately stands in the way of thorough aes ...
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... perfect a poem as he could , a poem that bore witness in as many ways and as fully as possible not merely to " the ontological at- tributes of Divinity " ( Koyré , p . 276 ) , but to the continu- ing presence of the creative imagination ...
... perfect a poem as he could , a poem that bore witness in as many ways and as fully as possible not merely to " the ontological at- tributes of Divinity " ( Koyré , p . 276 ) , but to the continu- ing presence of the creative imagination ...
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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