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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... relation to Paradise Lost suited with the poem , its tradition , and the habits of mind of its creator . One of the most convincing pieces of evidence that what I was working on was not totally bizarre and idiosyncratic came when I ...
... relation to Paradise Lost suited with the poem , its tradition , and the habits of mind of its creator . One of the most convincing pieces of evidence that what I was working on was not totally bizarre and idiosyncratic came when I ...
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... relationship between the Old and New Testament , he says : so far as the things of the Old Law signify the things of the New Law , there is the allegorical sense ; so far as the things done in 4. Exégèse médiévale , les quatre sens de l ...
... relationship between the Old and New Testament , he says : so far as the things of the Old Law signify the things of the New Law , there is the allegorical sense ; so far as the things done in 4. Exégèse médiévale , les quatre sens de l ...
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... relation to this tradition . First , the anagogical meaning could be and often was discontinuous in any narrative . There need not be at every moment an anagogical meaning involved in the nar- rative action before the reader . Second ...
... relation to this tradition . First , the anagogical meaning could be and often was discontinuous in any narrative . There need not be at every moment an anagogical meaning involved in the nar- rative action before the reader . Second ...
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... relation to God's overall plan of redemption for man through Christ made man : So Man , as is most just , Shall satisfy for Man , be judg'd and die , And dying rise , and rising with him raise His Brethren , ransom'd with his own dear ...
... relation to God's overall plan of redemption for man through Christ made man : So Man , as is most just , Shall satisfy for Man , be judg'd and die , And dying rise , and rising with him raise His Brethren , ransom'd with his own dear ...
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... relation to creation in general and to the poem in particular have been fully analyzed by Arnold Stein in his discussion of Milton's Answerable Style . The career of the infernal trinity , he says , constitutes a negative proof that ...
... relation to creation in general and to the poem in particular have been fully analyzed by Arnold Stein in his discussion of Milton's Answerable Style . The career of the infernal trinity , he says , constitutes a negative proof that ...
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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