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... tion of then outmoded theatrical forms with traditional biblical and epic materials . John M. Steadman rightly describes many of the earliest readers of Milton's Paradise Lost as puzzled : " Some of them disagreed violently on such ...
... tion of then outmoded theatrical forms with traditional biblical and epic materials . John M. Steadman rightly describes many of the earliest readers of Milton's Paradise Lost as puzzled : " Some of them disagreed violently on such ...
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... tion of the rollicking dance of Jest , Jollity , Quips , Cranks , Wiles , Nods , Becks , Wreathed Smiles , Sport , and Laughter , the narrator commands Mirth to step forward leading the most important dancer of all : Come , and trip it ...
... tion of the rollicking dance of Jest , Jollity , Quips , Cranks , Wiles , Nods , Becks , Wreathed Smiles , Sport , and Laughter , the narrator commands Mirth to step forward leading the most important dancer of all : Come , and trip it ...
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... tion . " Accordingly , Grierson outlined what has now become a generally ac- cepted position : that the begetting of the Son in Book V is a metaphorical exaltation and not a unique creation . Milton's paraphrase of Psalm 2 , with its ...
... tion . " Accordingly , Grierson outlined what has now become a generally ac- cepted position : that the begetting of the Son in Book V is a metaphorical exaltation and not a unique creation . Milton's paraphrase of Psalm 2 , with its ...
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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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