A Critique of "Paradise Lost". (1. Publ.) - New York: Columbia Univ. Press [usw.] (1960). IX, 172 S. 8°Offers a critique of Paradise Lost by John Milton, aimed at challenging the reader's interpretations and offering the author's current analysis. |
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... heavenly personages , especially God , exist on a much lower level . Creative sympathy seems relatively with- drawn from them , and they function more in the manner of marionettes , externally manipulated , seen from outside . O Chapter ...
... heavenly personages , especially God , exist on a much lower level . Creative sympathy seems relatively with- drawn from them , and they function more in the manner of marionettes , externally manipulated , seen from outside . O Chapter ...
Page 77
... heavenly forces which can compare with that of Satan's forces in Book One ( 531-89 ) , and what description he does give is subordinated to the more menacing passages about the rebels ( vi . 61-86 ) . This prevents our sympathy from ...
... heavenly forces which can compare with that of Satan's forces in Book One ( 531-89 ) , and what description he does give is subordinated to the more menacing passages about the rebels ( vi . 61-86 ) . This prevents our sympathy from ...
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... heavenly reply to Satan's artillery is so forceful that we are almost persuaded of the imminence of a heavenly victory ; yet scarcely has it begun , the devils joining in ' with jaculation dire ' ( 665 ) , when God intervenes , telling ...
... heavenly reply to Satan's artillery is so forceful that we are almost persuaded of the imminence of a heavenly victory ; yet scarcely has it begun , the devils joining in ' with jaculation dire ' ( 665 ) , when God intervenes , telling ...
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Abdiel accept Adam and Eve Adam in Ballingschap Adam's already appearance artistic attention attributed Beelzebub behaviour Belial Book Eleven Book Five Book Four Book Nine Book Three C. S. Lewis celestial character claim colours criticism Death devils divine doubt dramatic dream E. M. W. Tillyard Earth effect epic Eve's expect F. R. Leavis fact Fall feel figure force fruit Gabriel God's Heaven heavenly Hell human impression innocence intention judgement justified L. C. Knights later less lines Lucifer matter merely Michael MICHIGAN mijn Milton seems mind mistrust Moloch once ourselves Paradise Lost passage perhaps persuade phrase poem poet poet's prelapsarian presentation qualities question Raphael reaction reader reason Satan seen sense serpent simile soliloquy Son's speak speech spirit suggestion surely temptation thee things thir thou tion tree true UNIV Uriel verse vertue viii Vondel's Waldock War in Heaven words