Milton and Scriptural Tradition: The Bible Into PoetryJames H. Sims, Leland Ryken |
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... classical are also biblical . More often than not , Milton's handling of a given motif has been deeply influenced by the biblical ver- sion . Epic is an obvious case in point . The Bible is filled with epic motifs ; indeed , it contains ...
... classical are also biblical . More often than not , Milton's handling of a given motif has been deeply influenced by the biblical ver- sion . Epic is an obvious case in point . The Bible is filled with epic motifs ; indeed , it contains ...
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... classical mythology . Fifteen years later , he was undecided whether he would follow classical or biblical epic as his model.52 By the time he wrote Paradise Lost , he had resolved the question of epic subject in favor of the Bible . In ...
... classical mythology . Fifteen years later , he was undecided whether he would follow classical or biblical epic as his model.52 By the time he wrote Paradise Lost , he had resolved the question of epic subject in favor of the Bible . In ...
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... classical epic centered . . . on man , " Mil- ton " reverses this tradition and has put God back in the center of ... classical epic centers around the founding of an empire 51 50. Francis C. Blessington , “ Paradise Lost ” and the ...
... classical epic centered . . . on man , " Mil- ton " reverses this tradition and has put God back in the center of ... classical epic centers around the founding of an empire 51 50. Francis C. Blessington , “ Paradise Lost ” and the ...
Contents
Leland Ryken | 3 |
Scriptural Formula and Prophetic Utterance in Lycidas | 31 |
Paradise Lost and Its Biblical Epic Models | 43 |
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