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INTRODUCTION..
CONTENTS
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PART I. THE MAN
I. THE ELEMENTS OF MILTON'S CHARACTER IN YOUTH..
1. Character and family.
2. The University and Horton..
3. Early poems..
II. THE MAN OF ACTION AND OF PASSION...
1. Milton, man of action...
2. The struggle against the bishops.
3. The first shock: private life and the conception of the
Fall.....
4. The second crisis: the break with the Presbyterians
5. The political struggle and the conception of evil..
6. Failure...
7. The problem.
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4. The total plan of being: the decree of God...
1. The origin of evil and the duality of man.
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2. The Fall.......
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a. The Fall in general: the triumph of passion
over reason....
b. The Fall in particular: sensuality.
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PART III. THE GREAT POEMS
I. FAITH, PHILOSOPHY, AND POETRY IN MILTON'S WORK..
II. PARADISE Lost
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B. THE NEW CONCEPTION OF MILTON: A CRITICAL BIBLI-
c. Intellectual liberty: no censors..
d. Political liberty: no tyrants.
2. Destiny: God and history...
VI. CONCLUSION: A GENERAL VIEW OF MILTON'S PHIL-
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OSOPHY.
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II. Paradise Lost
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2. God in Paradise Lost: the divine irony.
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1. Milton in Paradise Lost....
III. PARADISE REGAINED and SAMSON AGONISTES..
PART IV. THE SOURCES
SECTION I