Milton and Scriptural Tradition: The Bible Into PoetryJames H. Sims, Leland Ryken |
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... style of the Bible as a whole . Its most notable feature is its com- bination of two distinct stylistic tendencies . One is the elemental simplicity that is particularly characteristic of the Hebrew lan- guage and mind , whether in the ...
... style of the Bible as a whole . Its most notable feature is its com- bination of two distinct stylistic tendencies . One is the elemental simplicity that is particularly characteristic of the Hebrew lan- guage and mind , whether in the ...
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... style , a style in which descriptions are “ left to be filled in by the imagination , " as Raleigh long ago noted . It is a style that de- mands the " answering imagination " of the reader . ' 995 Consider , for example , the following ...
... style , a style in which descriptions are “ left to be filled in by the imagination , " as Raleigh long ago noted . It is a style that de- mands the " answering imagination " of the reader . ' 995 Consider , for example , the following ...
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... style in which the work is written , we also find much that is epic in nature . The writer uses similes in an effort to do justice to his vision and theme : " a great voice , as of a trumpet " ( 1:10 ) ; " eyes . . . as a flame of fire ...
... style in which the work is written , we also find much that is epic in nature . The writer uses similes in an effort to do justice to his vision and theme : " a great voice , as of a trumpet " ( 1:10 ) ; " eyes . . . as a flame of fire ...
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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