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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Page 157
... created to incarnate the state of mind that moves to correspond to the structure of the universe , a state of mind that the angels lack . When they are first created , Adam and Eve do not yet know each other ; instead they are ...
... created to incarnate the state of mind that moves to correspond to the structure of the universe , a state of mind that the angels lack . When they are first created , Adam and Eve do not yet know each other ; instead they are ...
Page 158
... created form of consciousness , reason must seek and woo beauty and love , which is " retired " into a different space , but that , once sought , turns to reason . Thus in the edenic state the declension of mind and evolution are built ...
... created form of consciousness , reason must seek and woo beauty and love , which is " retired " into a different space , but that , once sought , turns to reason . Thus in the edenic state the declension of mind and evolution are built ...
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... created to achieve wisdom in resonance with God - the human mind that is placed on earth but not to be identified with it .. This picture is ironically articulated most clearly by Satan as he beholds the created universe , still young ...
... created to achieve wisdom in resonance with God - the human mind that is placed on earth but not to be identified with it .. This picture is ironically articulated most clearly by Satan as he beholds the created universe , still young ...
Contents
The Poetics of Miltons Counterplot | 25 |
The Meditative Modes | 92 |
A Modal Reading of Paradise Lost | 109 |
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