Milton's Epic Voice: The Narrator in Paradise Lost |
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... interpretation of the Fall to be found out- side the poem , with the interpretation given in Genesis itself , or in St. Paul's epistles , in patristic or reformed theology , or even in Milton's own prose . Familiarity with traditional ...
... interpretation of the Fall to be found out- side the poem , with the interpretation given in Genesis itself , or in St. Paul's epistles , in patristic or reformed theology , or even in Milton's own prose . Familiarity with traditional ...
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... interpretation by the character's words or acts . Our tendency to read Paradise Lost as if it were a dramatic work ... interpreting his story to us in order to prevent its dra- matic passages from endangering his conscious intention ...
... interpretation by the character's words or acts . Our tendency to read Paradise Lost as if it were a dramatic work ... interpreting his story to us in order to prevent its dra- matic passages from endangering his conscious intention ...
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... interpreting his argu- ment . The narrative voice is as deliberate an invention as the other characters in the poem ... interpreted by him , and therefore only when we have determined who is speaking in the narrative , descriptive , and ...
... interpreting his argu- ment . The narrative voice is as deliberate an invention as the other characters in the poem ... interpreted by him , and therefore only when we have determined who is speaking in the narrative , descriptive , and ...
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abstract meanings Adam and Eve Adam's Fall Adam's story adjective allegory allusions angels Areopagitica argument asso associated beauty bird blind bard characters circle comparisons concrete and abstract contrast created creation critical darkness Death described device diction divine dramatic Earth elaborate epic introductions Eve's evoke experience express extended similes fables Faerie Queene fallen reader fallen world familiar feel Fortunate Fall God's guage Heaven Hell heroic illumination illustrate images inner light innocence interpretation invocation language of statement lines loss Lycidas Milton's epic mortal vision narrative voice narrator's nature noun Paradise Lost particular passage pastoral poetry pattern physical poet poetry qualities Raphael rator reality references reminds sacred metaphors Samson Agonistes Satan scene sense shades shape share song speaker speech Spenser's story structure style syntax thee thir thou throughout the poem tion tone tradition true pastoral world truth unfallen unique unity vision words