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Page xvi
... Satan except at moments of high drama , but his career is epic . 3. Just how epic Satan's career is we can see only in the light of the whole poem . His revolt in Heaven depopulates it by drawing off perhaps a third of the angels . Out ...
... Satan except at moments of high drama , but his career is epic . 3. Just how epic Satan's career is we can see only in the light of the whole poem . His revolt in Heaven depopulates it by drawing off perhaps a third of the angels . Out ...
Page xxi
... Satan is less critical than it is historical . For Milton's con- temporaries Satan was simply the Adversary whom John Calvin described as " an enemie that is in courage most hardie , in strength most mightie , in policies most subtle ...
... Satan is less critical than it is historical . For Milton's con- temporaries Satan was simply the Adversary whom John Calvin described as " an enemie that is in courage most hardie , in strength most mightie , in policies most subtle ...
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... Satan himself . He believed in the existence of the historical Author of Evil at least in the Augustinian sense that evil is deprivation or negation of good and is produced by pride . The only way to portray Satan then was as a voice ...
... Satan himself . He believed in the existence of the historical Author of Evil at least in the Augustinian sense that evil is deprivation or negation of good and is produced by pride . The only way to portray Satan then was as a voice ...
Contents
Preface | vii |
Abbreviations of Titles of Periodicals Cited in the Notes | xiv |
Bibliography of Books Dealing Mainly with Paradise Lost | li |
Copyright | |
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