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Page 47
... Action will take place in Heaven or on a heavenly mountain , in the Garden of Eden , and in the world outside the Garden . Yet the poet in a fourth draft gives up the five - act structure , envisages the use of stage machines and ...
... Action will take place in Heaven or on a heavenly mountain , in the Garden of Eden , and in the world outside the Garden . Yet the poet in a fourth draft gives up the five - act structure , envisages the use of stage machines and ...
Page 49
... action applied only to tragedies . The precept requiring action to begin in medias res , how- ever , was said to hold for the epic as well as the tragic form ; and the theorists anxiously urged epic poets to attempt a relative ...
... action applied only to tragedies . The precept requiring action to begin in medias res , how- ever , was said to hold for the epic as well as the tragic form ; and the theorists anxiously urged epic poets to attempt a relative ...
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... action . In viewing the open- ing vision , Adam first beholds a scenic background : His eyes he op'n'd , and beheld a field , Part arable and tilth , whereon were Sheaves New reapt , the other part sheep - walks and folds ; I ' th ...
... action . In viewing the open- ing vision , Adam first beholds a scenic background : His eyes he op'n'd , and beheld a field , Part arable and tilth , whereon were Sheaves New reapt , the other part sheep - walks and folds ; I ' th ...
Contents
THE INWARD VISION I | 1 |
INCONSTANT THEATRICAL DESIGNS | 16 |
THE VAST DESIGN EMERGES | 40 |
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Milton's Theatrical Epic: The Invention and Design of Paradise Lost John G. Demaray No preview available - 1999 |
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