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... speech of exaltation by emphasizing the negative part of his injunction as a prohibition similar to that against the fruit in Eden . 33 But the positive aspect of the speech , poetically mov- ing , is also full of substance in ...
... speech of exaltation by emphasizing the negative part of his injunction as a prohibition similar to that against the fruit in Eden . 33 But the positive aspect of the speech , poetically mov- ing , is also full of substance in ...
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... speech proclaiming his Son's reign in Book 5 , " Hear all ye angels , progeny of light " ( 600 ) , take on an added significance — since the Son was the Light that , as God's agent , created the angels . It is from their king's ...
... speech proclaiming his Son's reign in Book 5 , " Hear all ye angels , progeny of light " ( 600 ) , take on an added significance — since the Son was the Light that , as God's agent , created the angels . It is from their king's ...
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... speech develops because it represents the violation of the most sacred taboo in human terms , the taboo insuring loving order in the community , in divine terms , sacrilege . The refusal to bear having a father is the crucial athe- ism ...
... speech develops because it represents the violation of the most sacred taboo in human terms , the taboo insuring loving order in the community , in divine terms , sacrilege . The refusal to bear having a father is the crucial athe- ism ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's allusion anointing army barbarian barbarous Beelzebub Book Caesar Chaos chariot Christ Christian Christopher Hill civil coronation Cromwell Death Defence divine earth earthly Eikon Basiliké Eikonoklastes emblem emperor emphasized empire English epic epic similes Eve's evil fall fallen angels father feudal glory God's gold Heaven heavenly Hell human king ibid imagined imperial implied John Milton justice king's kingship liberty Lord majesty Milton's God Milton's poem mind Moloch monarchy moral nature Nimrod Paradise Lost pattern Persians Pharaoh poet poet's poetic poetry political present prose Psalm Puritan Raphael reader rebel rebellion regicide reign relationship Renaissance ritual Roman royal Royalist rule Satan scourge sense simile Solomon speech spirit structure Stuart subjects sultan symbolism thee thir thou throne tion triumph triumphal Turkish Turkish crescent Turks tyranny tyrant University victory Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos virtue vision Yale