John Milton: PoetryStudies the art of seventeenth-century English poet John Milton, focusing on his epic poem "Paradise Lost"; looks at some of his early influences, and examines the greatest of his early poems and the emergence of his central vision. |
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... Comus , son of Bacchus and Circe , has usurped the " drear Wood . " When the Attendant Spirit sketches Comus's genealogy ( 46-58 ) , and when Comus invokes the powers of ancient night ( 128-42 ) , we learn that dark is not simply the ...
... Comus , son of Bacchus and Circe , has usurped the " drear Wood . " When the Attendant Spirit sketches Comus's genealogy ( 46-58 ) , and when Comus invokes the powers of ancient night ( 128-42 ) , we learn that dark is not simply the ...
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Poetry David M. Miller. Comus's power is moon - clad license ( 116-33 ) . By setting forth the analogy to Apollo , Comus unwittingly contrasts himself with Christ . The pattern is typical in that Comus always speaks as though the demonic ...
Poetry David M. Miller. Comus's power is moon - clad license ( 116-33 ) . By setting forth the analogy to Apollo , Comus unwittingly contrasts himself with Christ . The pattern is typical in that Comus always speaks as though the demonic ...
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... Comus has been thoroughly beaten . As Jove to Saturn's crew , so is the Lady's argu- ment to Comus's argument . If we read to final things , Jove's victory is a dim type of Christ's final victory over Satan . But we are not to rest in ...
... Comus has been thoroughly beaten . As Jove to Saturn's crew , so is the Lady's argu- ment to Comus's argument . If we read to final things , Jove's victory is a dim type of Christ's final victory over Satan . But we are not to rest in ...
Contents
About the Author | 8 |
On the Morning of Christs Nativity | 28 |
Comus | 41 |
Copyright | |
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's allegorical angels archetype Arethuse argument asserts beauty Belial Biblical blind bliss chaos Chorus Christ Christian Classical complete Comus Comus's creation Dalila darkness death demonic despair devil disobedience divine drama dream earth ectype English epic eternal Eve's evil fall fallen father felix culpa fruit garden glory God's grace haemony Harapha heaven heavenly hell Heracles human Il Penseroso Jesus John Milton L'Allegro Lady Lady's lesson light lines Lucifer Lycidas man's mankind Manoa masque Michael mode Moloch moral muse myth mythic nativity ode nature obedience pagan pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pastoral pattern Penseroso persona poem poet poetic poetry praise pride Raphael reader reason Sabrina Samson Agonistes Satan seems serpent shadow song Sonnet Sonnet 19 speech Spirit stanza stars temptation thee thir thou throne Thyrsis tion tradition tree typological understanding unfallen vision voice