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Page 86
... Christian revelation . Milton's famous humanistic synthesis of Christian and pagan elements was never less satisfactorily achieved than here in the attribution of a thyrsus to Zion . That synthesis is , at its best , a vivid failure of ...
... Christian revelation . Milton's famous humanistic synthesis of Christian and pagan elements was never less satisfactorily achieved than here in the attribution of a thyrsus to Zion . That synthesis is , at its best , a vivid failure of ...
Page 187
... Christian interpre- tation also lays stress on the climactic Phoenix symbol , used by the Semichorus ( 1687-1707 ) ... Christ . This reading of the play requires that we credit the opinions of Samson and possibly the Chorus with a growing ...
... Christian interpre- tation also lays stress on the climactic Phoenix symbol , used by the Semichorus ( 1687-1707 ) ... Christ . This reading of the play requires that we credit the opinions of Samson and possibly the Chorus with a growing ...
Page 190
... Christian subject , Milton could licence his passionate need to transgress the New Testament taboo on hatred ... Christ on fratricidal and matricidal urges . Milton had used this device of licenced regression once before , at a moment of ...
... Christian subject , Milton could licence his passionate need to transgress the New Testament taboo on hatred ... Christ on fratricidal and matricidal urges . Milton had used this device of licenced regression once before , at a moment of ...
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The Schismatic Word | 19 |
Fear of Failure | 64 |
The Maladaptive Eye | 95 |
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