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... perfect earthly world before the Fall and of the eternal , immaterial realms of heaven and hell . “ But what sort of things shall we say subsist ? Are they the intelligible or the visi- ble ? " asked J. C. Scaliger in a sixteenth ...
... perfect earthly world before the Fall and of the eternal , immaterial realms of heaven and hell . “ But what sort of things shall we say subsist ? Are they the intelligible or the visi- ble ? " asked J. C. Scaliger in a sixteenth ...
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... perfect definition is nothing else than a universal symbol [ universale symbolum ] of the causes constituting the essence and nature of a thing ” ( I.30.265 ) . ... Alluding apparently to the common form of being , Milton maintains that ...
... perfect definition is nothing else than a universal symbol [ universale symbolum ] of the causes constituting the essence and nature of a thing ” ( I.30.265 ) . ... Alluding apparently to the common form of being , Milton maintains that ...
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... perfect theatrical realm , like the perfect delights of Eden , lasted for only a fleeting span of time and then passed forever into memory . And in the masque as in Milton's epic , sadness quickly followed upon delight . Jonson himself ...
... perfect theatrical realm , like the perfect delights of Eden , lasted for only a fleeting span of time and then passed forever into memory . And in the masque as in Milton's epic , sadness quickly followed upon delight . Jonson himself ...
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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