The Mystical Design of Paradise LostIdentifies and discusses the thematic and structural aspects of the circular pattern underlying Milton's epic poem to elucidate its mystical meanings. |
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... called a rebel- lious advocacy of truth . And though the tone and intensity are different , the same desire to bring the dicates of science and the higher wisdom into a meaningful coherence domi- nates Raphael's discussion , in ...
... called a rebel- lious advocacy of truth . And though the tone and intensity are different , the same desire to bring the dicates of science and the higher wisdom into a meaningful coherence domi- nates Raphael's discussion , in ...
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... called his followers to " awake , arise , or be for ever fall'n " ( 330 ) , the demons approach him " with looks / Downcast and damp " ( 522-23 ) . It remains necessary for him to raise " thir faint- ing courage " by means of " high ...
... called his followers to " awake , arise , or be for ever fall'n " ( 330 ) , the demons approach him " with looks / Downcast and damp " ( 522-23 ) . It remains necessary for him to raise " thir faint- ing courage " by means of " high ...
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... called to the Father , the time that God called Adam to judgment in the garden . In the evening Christ was taken from the cross just as Adam had been ejected from the garden in the evening of the day he fell . As Adam was created on ...
... called to the Father , the time that God called Adam to judgment in the garden . In the evening Christ was taken from the cross just as Adam had been ejected from the garden in the evening of the day he fell . As Adam was created on ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
His Circle Drawn Just | 68 |
The Interpenetration of Time and Space | 148 |
Copyright | |
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's Aeneid allegorical anagogical antimetabole beauty Beelzebub beginning Book VIII Book XII burning lake celestial central Christ Christopher Ricks circular Commedia concept consonant created creation creative Dante darkness dawn death defines demons discussion divine Earth emphasis eternal Eve's evil example Fall fallen angels final Galileo Galileo Galilei garden God's Heaven heavenly Hell heroic historical light lines loss Lycidas man's McColley meaning Michael Milton describes Milton's epic mystical mythic narrative nature Neoplatonic night numerological overall Paradise Lost parallels passage perfect poem poem's poet poetic poetry provides Raphael relation relationship Renaissance return to Eden rhetorical Satan Satan returns says scheme section of Book sense shape significance spatial speech Structure of Paradise Studies style suggest symbolic syntax temporal thee things thir thou tion tradition universe verbal verse paragraph verse sentence victory vision Whaler