Milton and Scriptural Tradition: The Bible Into PoetryJames H. Sims, Leland Ryken |
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... sense in which Milton did exactly this in Paradise Lost . But there is also a sense in which he did virtually the opposite : having decided to write an epic in the classical tradition , he turned to the example of biblical epic as a ...
... sense in which Milton did exactly this in Paradise Lost . But there is also a sense in which he did virtually the opposite : having decided to write an epic in the classical tradition , he turned to the example of biblical epic as a ...
Page 129
... sense always the sustained devotional object of the poem , whatever else the poem may seem to be doing at any point . The devotional thrust of Milton's poem may be left on one side so that we can focus on this striking use of the divine ...
... sense always the sustained devotional object of the poem , whatever else the poem may seem to be doing at any point . The devotional thrust of Milton's poem may be left on one side so that we can focus on this striking use of the divine ...
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... sense then expands from sense throughout the work , in very truth it is precision and not poetic license that Milton expresses when rhapsodically he ex- claims with the choraling angels , " Hail , Son of God , Savior of Men , thy Name ...
... sense then expands from sense throughout the work , in very truth it is precision and not poetic license that Milton expresses when rhapsodically he ex- claims with the choraling angels , " Hail , Son of God , Savior of Men , thy Name ...
Contents
Leland Ryken | 3 |
Scriptural Formula and Prophetic Utterance in Lycidas | 31 |
Paradise Lost and Its Biblical Epic Models | 43 |
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