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Page iv
... Milton's Complete Poems , edited by Frank A. Pat- terson , copyright 1930 by Mr. Patterson . These quo- tations are reprinted by permission of Appleton- Century - Crofts , Inc. To Robert Penn Warren This page intentionally left blank ...
... Milton's Complete Poems , edited by Frank A. Pat- terson , copyright 1930 by Mr. Patterson . These quo- tations are reprinted by permission of Appleton- Century - Crofts , Inc. To Robert Penn Warren This page intentionally left blank ...
Page vii
... Milton's life and thought , and of his religious and intellectual background to be heard before we pass final judgment on the poet- before , indeed , we can pretend fully to understand any one of his poems . " My answer , which I ...
... Milton's life and thought , and of his religious and intellectual background to be heard before we pass final judgment on the poet- before , indeed , we can pretend fully to understand any one of his poems . " My answer , which I ...
Page viii
... Milton's past - we must remember that we , like Milton , also have our roots in time . At the very best , we begin with a twentieth - century imagination , and we cannot make our present past if we cannot make the past present . The ...
... Milton's past - we must remember that we , like Milton , also have our roots in time . At the very best , we begin with a twentieth - century imagination , and we cannot make our present past if we cannot make the past present . The ...
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... Milton the poet . For then we are less able than Milton to admit the test of contradiction into the moral universe of our art . If Satan is a tragic hero , it is because we are not hon- estly willing to test good by evil . If Satan is ...
... Milton the poet . For then we are less able than Milton to admit the test of contradiction into the moral universe of our art . If Satan is a tragic hero , it is because we are not hon- estly willing to test good by evil . If Satan is ...
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... Milton's creative powers , or a sudden realization that his villain has been getting the best lines . The paradox is true to life : the leader has greater stature when he is before his millions , but partly through being forced to deny ...
... Milton's creative powers , or a sudden realization that his villain has been getting the best lines . The paradox is true to life : the leader has greater stature when he is before his millions , but partly through being forced to deny ...
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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