Paradise Lost as "myth.", Volume 10 |
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... theme , or at least com- mitting himself to a particular sort of emphasis . As every seventeenth - century poet knew , there is a generic decorum , not only of style but of subject , " which is the grand master- piece to observe . " The ...
... theme , or at least com- mitting himself to a particular sort of emphasis . As every seventeenth - century poet knew , there is a generic decorum , not only of style but of subject , " which is the grand master- piece to observe . " The ...
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... theme . An obvious instance is the much - quoted passage on the " gathering " of Proserpina by gloomy Dis , with its oblique glance at Eve and Satan . It is a useful example for pinning down the precise relation between a developed ...
... theme . An obvious instance is the much - quoted passage on the " gathering " of Proserpina by gloomy Dis , with its oblique glance at Eve and Satan . It is a useful example for pinning down the precise relation between a developed ...
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... theme did not find its most profound incarnation until Satan voyaged out of Hell to light . His is a journey conjectural and disturbed enough , the original instance and subsequent type of fallen man's endeavor . Satan is the archetypal ...
... theme did not find its most profound incarnation until Satan voyaged out of Hell to light . His is a journey conjectural and disturbed enough , the original instance and subsequent type of fallen man's endeavor . Satan is the archetypal ...
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abyss Adam and Eve adjectives allegory allusion analogues archetypal Areopagitica Book Cassirer Chaos Christ Christian classical Comus concrete contrast Creation critical dark death deep descend diction dise Lost divine Divine Comedy E. M. W. Tillyard earth echo effect elements Essays eternal evil fable fall fallen angels forces Garden God's Heaven Hell hero Hill Homer human idea Iliad imagery images journey language Last Judgment light lines literal living London Lycidas man's meaning metaphor Milton Milton's epic mind monomyth moral mountain myth Mythical Thought mythological nature night objects once Paradise Lost Paradise Regained passage pattern phrase physical poem's poet poetic poetry prose qualities quest reality Satan sense serpent simile spatial Spirit story structure style suggested Susanne Langer symbols temporal theme things thir thou tion traditional trans truth universe vision W. K. C. Guthrie wander words York