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... nature of beings . " Common forms denote for the poet the generic nature of beings : Single things , or what are commonly called individuals , have form single and proper to themselves ; certainly they differ in number among themselves ...
... nature of beings . " Common forms denote for the poet the generic nature of beings : Single things , or what are commonly called individuals , have form single and proper to themselves ; certainly they differ in number among themselves ...
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... nature in its appearances was to Milton similar to the fallen but redeemed nature sensuously experi- enced by corrupt man . The artistic problem was simply that prelap- sarian reality was a " Heaven on Earth " ( IV.208 ) and so escaped ...
... nature in its appearances was to Milton similar to the fallen but redeemed nature sensuously experi- enced by corrupt man . The artistic problem was simply that prelap- sarian reality was a " Heaven on Earth " ( IV.208 ) and so escaped ...
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... nature , Milton in a he- roic poem utilizes discordia concors to project a protean but coherent demonic consciousness . The paradoxes and problems of Satan's nature are various and con- founding . From the standpoint of the Aristotelian ...
... nature , Milton in a he- roic poem utilizes discordia concors to project a protean but coherent demonic consciousness . The paradoxes and problems of Satan's nature are various and con- founding . From the standpoint of the Aristotelian ...
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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