The Satanic EpicThe Satan of Paradise Lost has fascinated generations of readers. This book attempts to explain how and why Milton's Satan is so seductive. It reasserts the importance of Satan against those who would minimize the poem's sympathy for the devil and thereby make Milton orthodox. |
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... language of “evil” 188 (1) Classical versus Christian 188 (2) Hate in Heaven 190 (3) The “Problem of Evil” 192 (4) Satan and Ancient Evils 195 (5) Allecto: Hell's Fury 196 (6) The Darkness of Hell 201 (7) “God created evil” 204 (8) The ...
Neil Forsyth. poetry to Satan, on whose side the language of classical epic turns out in strength. The similes have always been justly admired. Consider, for example, the extraordinarily condensed language for his spear “to equal which ...
... those fine readers. It follows quite simply from. 22 Harold Bloom, The Western Canon (London: Macmillan, 1995), p. 5. 24 Fowler modifies his language in the second edition (1998), 12 introduction (3) The Narrative Theology of “therefore”
... language in the second edition (1998), suppressing the reference to De doctrina Christiana, but still insisting “one need not infer that God is harsh to the angels.” 25 Fish, Surprised, p. 215. Diane McColley, Milton's Eve (Urbana 14 ...
... language is a temptation placed in the way of the reader. He is defending God's “faultless logic which can be understood if the reader is willing to make the effort.”25 The faultless logic this time has to do with the separation of ...
Contents
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2 THE EPIC VOICE | 77 |
3 FOLLOW THE LEADER | 114 |
4 MY SELF AM HELL | 147 |
5 SATANS REBELLION | 167 |
6 THE LANGUAGE OF EVIL | 188 |
7 OF MANS FIRST DIS | 217 |
9 SATAN TEMPTER | 259 |
10 IF THEY WILL HEAR | 285 |
11 AT THE SIGN OF THE DOVE AND SERPENT | 301 |
THE STRUCTURES OF PARADISE LOST | 314 |
SIGNS PORTENTOUS | 329 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 349 |
INDEX | 371 |
THE ATTENDANCE MOTIF AND THE GRACES | 239 |