Milton and Scriptural Tradition: The Bible Into PoetryJames H. Sims, Leland Ryken |
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... noted . It is a style that de- mands the " answering imagination " of the reader . ' 995 Consider , for example , the following two descriptions of Paradise : And higher than that wall a circling row Of goodliest trees loaden with ...
... noted . It is a style that de- mands the " answering imagination " of the reader . ' 995 Consider , for example , the following two descriptions of Paradise : And higher than that wall a circling row Of goodliest trees loaden with ...
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... noted , parts of the Bible " represent a kind of epic , " and Milton " could base his Puritan - humanist epics upon the biblical storytelling . " 18 Without claiming that Milton's indebtedness is limited to the three biblical epics that ...
... noted , parts of the Bible " represent a kind of epic , " and Milton " could base his Puritan - humanist epics upon the biblical storytelling . " 18 Without claiming that Milton's indebtedness is limited to the three biblical epics that ...
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... noted , " the greatest and indeed the only epic of married life . " 28 When Milton wrote an extended epic account of the domestic life of Adam and Eve , pastoral became a natural ally to him.29 Pastoral reinforced the nonaristocratic ...
... noted , " the greatest and indeed the only epic of married life . " 28 When Milton wrote an extended epic account of the domestic life of Adam and Eve , pastoral became a natural ally to him.29 Pastoral reinforced the nonaristocratic ...
Contents
Leland Ryken | 3 |
Scriptural Formula and Prophetic Utterance in Lycidas | 31 |
Paradise Lost and Its Biblical Epic Models | 43 |
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