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... promise that concluded Comus . As conveyor of God's inner light to mankind , he is the first agent in Paradise Lost to enact the invocation's promise that God's ways will be justified to man . Man will then possess a portion of the ...
... promise that concluded Comus . As conveyor of God's inner light to mankind , he is the first agent in Paradise Lost to enact the invocation's promise that God's ways will be justified to man . Man will then possess a portion of the ...
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Jon Sherman Lawry. agony . The promise to man is immense , virtually infinite , so long as reason rather than unreason is chosen . Mutatis mutandis , the promise to Adam is held out to all men , both through God and through the Raphael ...
Jon Sherman Lawry. agony . The promise to man is immense , virtually infinite , so long as reason rather than unreason is chosen . Mutatis mutandis , the promise to Adam is held out to all men , both through God and through the Raphael ...
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... promise of consecrative Jordan . There all the persons of the drama gather and witness a seeming union of God with man . Even when the stance is shifted to the desert , Jordan's promise to all the partici- pants continues to vibrate ...
... promise of consecrative Jordan . There all the persons of the drama gather and witness a seeming union of God with man . Even when the stance is shifted to the desert , Jordan's promise to all the partici- pants continues to vibrate ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
and Il Penseroso Arcades and At a Solemn | 21 |
Full Consort in On the Morning of Christs Nativity | 27 |
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action Adam and Eve Adam's agon angels annunciation appetite audience Battle in Heaven become Books XI catharsis celebration champion choice choose Chorus Christ Christian Comus creation creative creatures Dagon Dalila David Daiches death desert despair divine doubt dramatic dream earth earthly elect enacted epic eternal Eve's evil fall fallen fear final gift glory God's design harmony Heaven heavenly Hell hellish hero heroism human Il Penseroso immortal insists intimated Israel John Milton Jordan judgment knowledge L'Allegro Lady later light literary Lycidas man's Manoa meaning metaphor methektic Milton mortal move narrative nature Neoplatonic Northrop Frye once Orpheus Paradise Lost Paradise Regained parody Philistian poem poet poetry praise present promise question Raphael readers realize reason recoil redemptive renewal revealed Samson Agonistes Satan second Adam seems sense serpent shepherds Son's song speaker spiritual stance temptation thee thir thou tion tive tragic victory voice words