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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... reason , as Anne Ferry has pointed out , “ the physi- cal order of the universe is circular , " whether Ptolemaic or Copernican , " and man is its moral center . ” 5 Perhaps be- cause he sensed the loss of much of the old world and its ...
... reason , as Anne Ferry has pointed out , “ the physi- cal order of the universe is circular , " whether Ptolemaic or Copernican , " and man is its moral center . ” 5 Perhaps be- cause he sensed the loss of much of the old world and its ...
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... reason for thir Law refuse , ( 4 ) Right reason for thir Law , and for thir King ( 3 , 2 ) Messiah . ( 1 ) ( VI . 41-3 ) contrapuntal piece " ( p . 72 ) . Whaler The Creative Pattern 55.
... reason for thir Law refuse , ( 4 ) Right reason for thir Law , and for thir King ( 3 , 2 ) Messiah . ( 1 ) ( VI . 41-3 ) contrapuntal piece " ( p . 72 ) . Whaler The Creative Pattern 55.
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... reason , Milton's mo- tive in adding the lines should be carefully considered . My own guess is that the lines have no intrinsic value . I find it difficult to explain them as substantive changes except as they may be meant to provide ...
... reason , Milton's mo- tive in adding the lines should be carefully considered . My own guess is that the lines have no intrinsic value . I find it difficult to explain them as substantive changes except as they may be meant to provide ...
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