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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... opening lines of the poem establish these tensions of movement : Of Man's First Disobedience , and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree , whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World , and all our woe , With loss of Eden , till one ...
... opening lines of the poem establish these tensions of movement : Of Man's First Disobedience , and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree , whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World , and all our woe , With loss of Eden , till one ...
Page 48
... opening verse paragraphs of the poem employ the device with enough frequency to establish its rhythm firmly in our sub- conscious , at least . I have already spoken of how the rising and falling pattern in the opening lines describes ...
... opening verse paragraphs of the poem employ the device with enough frequency to establish its rhythm firmly in our sub- conscious , at least . I have already spoken of how the rising and falling pattern in the opening lines describes ...
Page 74
... opening of Book VII that half his poem " yet remains unsung , " obviously the old book divi- sion did not make this claim apparent : I , II , III , IV , V , VI - VII , VIII , IX , X Thematically , the change allows Milton to emphasize ...
... opening of Book VII that half his poem " yet remains unsung , " obviously the old book divi- sion did not make this claim apparent : I , II , III , IV , V , VI - VII , VIII , IX , X Thematically , the change allows Milton to emphasize ...
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