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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... possible to articulate from it a more disci- plined , subtle , and exact literary criticism than perhaps would be possible from most literary works . Northrop Frye must separate criticism from par- ticular works of poetry as well as ...
... possible to articulate from it a more disci- plined , subtle , and exact literary criticism than perhaps would be possible from most literary works . Northrop Frye must separate criticism from par- ticular works of poetry as well as ...
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... possible state : active , responsible controlling joy ( good present ) vague mysticism humor sentimentality ( absolute presence , but loss of good ) pleasure ( fleeting presence of lesser goods ) ( good less important ) despair pain ...
... possible state : active , responsible controlling joy ( good present ) vague mysticism humor sentimentality ( absolute presence , but loss of good ) pleasure ( fleeting presence of lesser goods ) ( good less important ) despair pain ...
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... possible ; and the force of a yearning nearing the actualization or incarnation of love flows between and connects the desired good and the desirer . For the good desired is love , in particular a love that is absolute , present , and ...
... possible ; and the force of a yearning nearing the actualization or incarnation of love flows between and connects the desired good and the desirer . For the good desired is love , in particular a love that is absolute , present , and ...
Contents
The Poetics of Miltons Counterplot | 25 |
The Meditative Modes | 92 |
A Modal Reading of Paradise Lost | 109 |
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