Milton's Kinesthetic Vision in Paradise LostThe author demonstrates that the apparent contradictions in the poetic, dramatic, and conceptual framework of Paradise Lost are purposive, indeed central, to Milton's kinesthetic poetics. |
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... Satan to " start up in his own shape " ( 4 : 819 ) . Here Satan's physical self is difficult to distinguish from either his likeness in simile ( toad ) and position ( squat ) or , more significant , his psychological self , the self who ...
... Satan to " start up in his own shape " ( 4 : 819 ) . Here Satan's physical self is difficult to distinguish from either his likeness in simile ( toad ) and position ( squat ) or , more significant , his psychological self , the self who ...
Page 202
... Satan's difficulties because Eve is as insufficient as he is ; she cannot support him even as empress . In the image of the serpent - vine wound around the tree , Satan indicates that neither one is a tree ; they are both vines that ...
... Satan's difficulties because Eve is as insufficient as he is ; she cannot support him even as empress . In the image of the serpent - vine wound around the tree , Satan indicates that neither one is a tree ; they are both vines that ...
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... ( Satan's shield ) , 32 , 116 , 254 , 255 ; quoted 32 1 : 299-304 , autumn leaves ( fallen angels in hell ) , 16-17 ... ( Satan and fal- len angels in hell ) , 42 1 : 536-37 , meteor ( Satan's ensign ) , 270-71 , 273 ; quoted 270 1 : 594-99 ...
... ( Satan's shield ) , 32 , 116 , 254 , 255 ; quoted 32 1 : 299-304 , autumn leaves ( fallen angels in hell ) , 16-17 ... ( Satan and fal- len angels in hell ) , 42 1 : 536-37 , meteor ( Satan's ensign ) , 270-71 , 273 ; quoted 270 1 : 594-99 ...
Contents
The Poetics of Miltons Counterplot | 25 |
The Meditative Modes | 92 |
A Modal Reading of Paradise Lost | 109 |
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