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... eternal with a human awareness of mortal time , place , and action . The epic voice , after calling attention to a single action , " Man's first disobedience , " begins the narrative in medias res with an account of Satan's fall and ...
... eternal with a human awareness of mortal time , place , and action . The epic voice , after calling attention to a single action , " Man's first disobedience , " begins the narrative in medias res with an account of Satan's fall and ...
Page 59
... eternal hatred for God or its eternal desire for revenge . Yet Satan , in his soul and entire being , also forever " back recoils / Upon himself ” ( IV.17-18 ) in eternal , restless change . The forever changeless and forever changing ...
... eternal hatred for God or its eternal desire for revenge . Yet Satan , in his soul and entire being , also forever " back recoils / Upon himself ” ( IV.17-18 ) in eternal , restless change . The forever changeless and forever changing ...
Page 72
... eternal creation would rival God's . In founding " Th ' Infernal Empire ... so near Heav'n's door , " Satan claimed that " Triumphal with triumphal act have met " ( 387-390 ) . But the final anti - Triumph of the Fiend turns his empire ...
... eternal creation would rival God's . In founding " Th ' Infernal Empire ... so near Heav'n's door , " Satan claimed that " Triumphal with triumphal act have met " ( 387-390 ) . But the final anti - Triumph of the Fiend turns his empire ...
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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