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... ideas and vision to the order of words and form . Both must " pretend fully to understand " even while they are engaged in the process of imaginative under- standing . What Milton created , in spite of his immense debts to his cul ...
... ideas and vision to the order of words and form . Both must " pretend fully to understand " even while they are engaged in the process of imaginative under- standing . What Milton created , in spite of his immense debts to his cul ...
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... idea , and the confirmation of our certainty , to the more comprehensive , and therefore more daring , exploration of human experience — the submitting of an idea to a dramatic structure . If Satan is merely absurd , then we are not ...
... idea , and the confirmation of our certainty , to the more comprehensive , and therefore more daring , exploration of human experience — the submitting of an idea to a dramatic structure . If Satan is merely absurd , then we are not ...
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... idea of what is wrong with his moral courage . Should we apply strict logic to Satan , as though he were a philosophical position instead of a dramatic character , then of course he could not escape absurdity . Under those circumstances ...
... idea of what is wrong with his moral courage . Should we apply strict logic to Satan , as though he were a philosophical position instead of a dramatic character , then of course he could not escape absurdity . Under those circumstances ...
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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