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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... speaking . The body of Mil- ton's poetry stresses notions of the poet as prophet , pursu- ing a career like Virgil's and endowed with a sense of pur- pose that comes to him through imaginative investigation of the world around him and ...
... speaking . The body of Mil- ton's poetry stresses notions of the poet as prophet , pursu- ing a career like Virgil's and endowed with a sense of pur- pose that comes to him through imaginative investigation of the world around him and ...
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... Speaking specifically of Paradise Lost in Five Essays on Milton's Epics ( London , 1966 ) , Frye says : " The final point in the vast cycle [ of the poem ] is the same point as the beginning , yet not the same point , because , as in ...
... Speaking specifically of Paradise Lost in Five Essays on Milton's Epics ( London , 1966 ) , Frye says : " The final point in the vast cycle [ of the poem ] is the same point as the beginning , yet not the same point , because , as in ...
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... Speaking of the 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 ...
... Speaking of the 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 ...
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... speaking of The Faerie Queene as " a continued Allegory , or dark con- ceit . " In the patristic tradition , however , the anagogical sense relates the literal events of this world to that tran- scendent , eternal pattern of God's glory ...
... speaking of The Faerie Queene as " a continued Allegory , or dark con- ceit . " In the patristic tradition , however , the anagogical sense relates the literal events of this world to that tran- scendent , eternal pattern of God's glory ...
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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