Milton and Scriptural Tradition: The Bible Into PoetryJames H. Sims, Leland Ryken |
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... 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 whole epics within it , as my essay later in this volume demonstrates . Equally ...
... 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 whole epics within it , as my essay later in this volume demonstrates . Equally ...
Page 63
... motifs of the transfer of an empire and of an epic leader who embodies the normative values of a culture and whose personality permeates the larger epic action of the nation . But , along with the similarities , Milton would have sensed ...
... motifs of the transfer of an empire and of an epic leader who embodies the normative values of a culture and whose personality permeates the larger epic action of the nation . But , along with the similarities , Milton would have sensed ...
Page 78
... motifs with spiritual and heavenly versions is true also of Revelation . This , in turn , is the basis for my claim that Revela- tion is a literary model for one dimension of Milton's transfor- mation of the epic tradition in Paradise ...
... motifs with spiritual and heavenly versions is true also of Revelation . This , in turn , is the basis for my claim that Revela- tion is a literary model for one dimension of Milton's transfor- mation of the epic tradition in Paradise ...
Contents
Leland Ryken | 3 |
Scriptural Formula and Prophetic Utterance in Lycidas | 31 |
Paradise Lost and Its Biblical Epic Models | 43 |
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