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Page vii
... created by a work of art requires contemplation from us , but it also requires action in the form of critical statement . We must always " pretend " to imaginative understanding , for it is only through the actual effort that our ...
... created by a work of art requires contemplation from us , but it also requires action in the form of critical statement . We must always " pretend " to imaginative understanding , for it is only through the actual effort that our ...
Page viii
... created , in spite of his immense debts to his cul- tural past , was no mere historical act but an act of the imagina- tion that made the past present , and future . In our efforts to understand that act - which had better not exclude ...
... created , in spite of his immense debts to his cul- tural past , was no mere historical act but an act of the imagina- tion that made the past present , and future . In our efforts to understand that act - which had better not exclude ...
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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