Milton and Paradise LostA critical interpretation of John Milton's most famous work. |
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... epic is largely due to the many digressions of the narrative : a ) the past is reviewed ; e . g . the eventful past of Dido occupies 11. 340 to 368 of the first book of the Æneid ; b ) the future of Rome is prophesied in the 79.
... epic is largely due to the many digressions of the narrative : a ) the past is reviewed ; e . g . the eventful past of Dido occupies 11. 340 to 368 of the first book of the Æneid ; b ) the future of Rome is prophesied in the 79.
Page 80
... epic breadth and circumstantiality is pedantic meticulousness in the statement : Stars distant , but nighhand seem'd other worlds ; Or other worlds they seem'd or happy isles ( III . 566 ) ; the passage recalls Vergil's aut videt aut ...
... epic breadth and circumstantiality is pedantic meticulousness in the statement : Stars distant , but nighhand seem'd other worlds ; Or other worlds they seem'd or happy isles ( III . 566 ) ; the passage recalls Vergil's aut videt aut ...
Page 82
... epic are not stationary , their wide travelling is of the essence of the spaciousness of the epic ; Milton's Satan is easily the greatest traveller of them all ( wandering is one of Milton's favourite words ) : in travelling the vast ...
... epic are not stationary , their wide travelling is of the essence of the spaciousness of the epic ; Milton's Satan is easily the greatest traveller of them all ( wandering is one of Milton's favourite words ) : in travelling the vast ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Theology And Philosophy | 29 |
Style And Language | 69 |
Copyright | |
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Adam and Eve Adamus Exul Æneas Æneid alliteration Andreini anno Areopagitica Bartas Belial Bunyan Cædmon call'd character Christ Christ's Victory Christian Doctrine Church classical epic created death Deucalion du Bartas earth eternity Eve's evil faith fall fallen angels Father foreknowledge fruit Genesis God's grace Grotius hæc hath Heaven heavenly Hell Holy human idea Iliad justice knowledge L'Adamo Latin light Lucifer Macbeth Man's mankind Mark Pattison Masson Medieval Michael Milton Milton's poem mind moral Muse nature obedience occurs Paradise Lost Phaedon Platonic poet poetic poetry punishment quoted Raphael reason reign religious repent Samson Agonistes Satan Saurat says seem'd seems sense serpent similar sings soul speaks Spenser spirit stood story temptation thee things thou Timaios tree truth vanity Vergil virtue Vondel's wander wicked angels words δὲ καὶ μὲν περὶ τὸ τὸν τοῦ