Milton and Scriptural Tradition: The Bible Into PoetryJames H. Sims, Leland Ryken |
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... Revelation . It is obvious that Paradise Lost is deeply indebted to the book of Revelation , but the critics ' account of the relationship between the two works has never struck me as satisfactory . We know from Milton's own comments ...
... Revelation . It is obvious that Paradise Lost is deeply indebted to the book of Revelation , but the critics ' account of the relationship between the two works has never struck me as satisfactory . We know from Milton's own comments ...
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... Revelation as exem- plary of a visionary spirit , tone , and rhetoric , but weak when he asserts that Revelation provided Milton with the basic genre ( identified as prophecy ) for Paradise Lost . The truth is that proph- ecy is not a ...
... Revelation as exem- plary of a visionary spirit , tone , and rhetoric , but weak when he asserts that Revelation provided Milton with the basic genre ( identified as prophecy ) for Paradise Lost . The truth is that proph- ecy is not a ...
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... Revelation : " solemnity , " " ritualistic , " " incanta- tory , " " grandeur , ” “ elevation . ” 81 A brief look at how the book of Revelation begins will confirm its epic identity . The work opens with a formal statement of theme ...
... Revelation : " solemnity , " " ritualistic , " " incanta- tory , " " grandeur , ” “ elevation . ” 81 A brief look at how the book of Revelation begins will confirm its epic identity . The work opens with a formal statement of theme ...
Contents
Leland Ryken | 3 |
Scriptural Formula and Prophetic Utterance in Lycidas | 31 |
Paradise Lost and Its Biblical Epic Models | 43 |
Copyright | |
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