The Muse's Method: An Introduction to Paradise Lost, Volume 10Chatto & Windus, 1962 - 227 pages |
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Page 22
... assume that one knows more than one's contemporaries is almost as reprehensible today as to assume one's higher social status . To attempt to write Paradise Lost was , therefore , " bad form ” from the modern gentlemanly point of view ...
... assume that one knows more than one's contemporaries is almost as reprehensible today as to assume one's higher social status . To attempt to write Paradise Lost was , therefore , " bad form ” from the modern gentlemanly point of view ...
Page 58
... assume knowledge in ignorance ; they continue actions proper to one sphere when that sphere has totally changed ; they pretend that they are free , but their natures and their actions are mechanized . The gap between what we assume as ...
... assume knowledge in ignorance ; they continue actions proper to one sphere when that sphere has totally changed ; they pretend that they are free , but their natures and their actions are mechanized . The gap between what we assume as ...
Page 122
... assumed his invulnerability , and he experiences wounds and pain . He thinks that , whatever its outcome , the ... assumes that his nature has not changed since the revolt and that , " while we can preserve / Unhurt our minds , and ...
... assumed his invulnerability , and he experiences wounds and pain . He thinks that , whatever its outcome , the ... assumes that his nature has not changed since the revolt and that , " while we can preserve / Unhurt our minds , and ...
Contents
Preface page | ix |
The Beginning | 11 |
Satan Sin and Death | 32 |
Copyright | |
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