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Page vii
... final judgment on the poet- before , indeed , we can pretend fully to understand any one of his poems . " My answer , which I certainly do not intend to be disrespectful of knowledge , is this : If we wait until we fully " understand ...
... final judgment on the poet- before , indeed , we can pretend fully to understand any one of his poems . " My answer , which I certainly do not intend to be disrespectful of knowledge , is this : If we wait until we fully " understand ...
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... final essay , on the style , is the least limited in scope : partly because it is the most ambitious , and partly because it has the advantage of everything learned from the preceding studies . For instance , in that essay some of my ...
... final essay , on the style , is the least limited in scope : partly because it is the most ambitious , and partly because it has the advantage of everything learned from the preceding studies . For instance , in that essay some of my ...
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Abdiel accepted action Adam and Eve Adam's angels answerable style archetype argument beauty Beelzebub Belial's burning lake C. S. Lewis commentary complete concept conflict consciousness context created creation creature critical Death demonstration dignity discipline dramatic earth echo elevation epic epic simile Eve's evil expression external F. R. Leavis fall fallen feelings final flesh followers formal freedom Garden God's harmony heaven hell human Idea illusion imitation immediate individual intellect internal irony kind knowledge leader man's material matter meaning ment metaphor Milton Milton's style mind moral myth nature Pandemonium Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pattern of sound perhaps perspective physical Plotinus poem poet poetry problem pure Raphael reason rebels relationship responsibility rhythm ridicule Satan Satan and Adam seems self-knowledge self-love sense sensuous soul speech spirit symbolic T. S. Eliot thee things thir thou tion true upward violation vision whole words