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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Page 47
... future , fabled places of love and beauty and loss . Once thrown into time , however , all our acts seem to repeat past and presage future actions . Man lives out the tiny line of his life and engages in the same endeavors as have his ...
... future , fabled places of love and beauty and loss . Once thrown into time , however , all our acts seem to repeat past and presage future actions . Man lives out the tiny line of his life and engages in the same endeavors as have his ...
Page 61
... future in the instant , " the desire shortly to be acted upon in Eden in an attempt to annul time and gain from the future " other worlds " as yet undreamed of . Rather than a The Creative Pattern 61.
... future in the instant , " the desire shortly to be acted upon in Eden in an attempt to annul time and gain from the future " other worlds " as yet undreamed of . Rather than a The Creative Pattern 61.
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... future Satan's speech urging war Demons hurl defiance at Heaven Building of Pandemonium ( image of liquid core ) Call to Council ( image of bees ) Reduction of Devils BOOK XII ( 1-465 ) Adam's vision diminishes Nimrod's defiance of ...
... future Satan's speech urging war Demons hurl defiance at Heaven Building of Pandemonium ( image of liquid core ) Call to Council ( image of bees ) Reduction of Devils BOOK XII ( 1-465 ) Adam's vision diminishes Nimrod's defiance of ...
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