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 55
... turns to Beelzebub , " his next subordinate , " and says in pitiable tones : Sleep'st thou , companion dear , what sleep can close Thy eyelids ? And rememberst what decree Of yesterday , so late hath passed the lips Of heav'n's Almighty ...
... turns to Beelzebub , " his next subordinate , " and says in pitiable tones : Sleep'st thou , companion dear , what sleep can close Thy eyelids ? And rememberst what decree Of yesterday , so late hath passed the lips Of heav'n's Almighty ...
Page 158
... turns to reason . Thus in the edenic state the declension of mind and evolution are built into the created structure . Adam's feelings for Eve seem to him both the " sum of earthly bliss which I enjoy " and a weakness , even a failing ...
... turns to reason . Thus in the edenic state the declension of mind and evolution are built into the created structure . Adam's feelings for Eve seem to him both the " sum of earthly bliss which I enjoy " and a weakness , even a failing ...
Page 274
... turn them into forces of evolution . For example , after the training of the two final meditative modes one is able to ... turns not into a guide but into a propelling and inspiring force . Winds are pictured throughout Paradise Lost as ...
... turn them into forces of evolution . For example , after the training of the two final meditative modes one is able to ... turns not into a guide but into a propelling and inspiring force . Winds are pictured throughout Paradise Lost as ...
Contents
The Poetics of Miltons Counterplot | 25 |
The Meditative Modes | 92 |
A Modal Reading of Paradise Lost | 109 |
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