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 105
... parallel in them , as I have said . But the description of Creation concludes with the trium- phant return of the Son ... parallels between Books V and VIII are at least as numerous and significant to the overall sense of the mysti- cal ...
... parallel in them , as I have said . But the description of Creation concludes with the trium- phant return of the Son ... parallels between Books V and VIII are at least as numerous and significant to the overall sense of the mysti- cal ...
Page 145
... parallels between Books I and XII have been set forth . It is one of the tributes to Milton's particular genius that the parallels are so complex and nu- merous and yet so unobtrusive . One discovers more with each reading , yet never ...
... parallels between Books I and XII have been set forth . It is one of the tributes to Milton's particular genius that the parallels are so complex and nu- merous and yet so unobtrusive . One discovers more with each reading , yet never ...
Page 172
... parallels with the Crucifixion , primarily in the insistence on the noon hour of Fall and the late - afternoon judgment . Milton shifts his emphasis away from the expulsion at eve- ning , however , and allows Adam and Eve to go out from ...
... parallels with the Crucifixion , primarily in the insistence on the noon hour of Fall and the late - afternoon judgment . Milton shifts his emphasis away from the expulsion at eve- ning , however , and allows Adam and Eve to go out from ...
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