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 122
... yield to a third space where he might experience the modality of " happy fields . " Focusing on “ reason " and " force , " and on the absolutes of " heav'n " and " hell , " his mind will not change , shift , or yield to the " places ...
... yield to a third space where he might experience the modality of " happy fields . " Focusing on “ reason " and " force , " and on the absolutes of " heav'n " and " hell , " his mind will not change , shift , or yield to the " places ...
Page 192
... yield . As he said on Mt. Niphates , " never can true reconcilement grow / Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep " ( 4 : 98-99 ) . But now , by dint of his arduous epic- lyric journey , he has successfully left hell behind ...
... yield . As he said on Mt. Niphates , " never can true reconcilement grow / Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep " ( 4 : 98-99 ) . But now , by dint of his arduous epic- lyric journey , he has successfully left hell behind ...
Page 276
... yield to the wind of the " careful " and " doubting " ploughman who doubly " stands / Lest on the threshing - floor his hopeful sheaves Prove chaff . " In such meditation Satan the dragon can help guide and pull the ship . The state of ...
... yield to the wind of the " careful " and " doubting " ploughman who doubly " stands / Lest on the threshing - floor his hopeful sheaves Prove chaff . " In such meditation Satan the dragon can help guide and pull the ship . The state of ...
Contents
The Poetics of Miltons Counterplot | 25 |
The Meditative Modes | 92 |
A Modal Reading of Paradise Lost | 109 |
Copyright | |
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