The Muse's Method: An Introduction to Paradise Lost, Volume 10Chatto & Windus, 1962 - 227 pages |
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Page 118
... evil from the enactment of evil by three and one - half books of angelic narration and conversation . For every reader who would expect or welcome an account of the War in Heaven and the Creation in and of themselves , he must have ...
... evil from the enactment of evil by three and one - half books of angelic narration and conversation . For every reader who would expect or welcome an account of the War in Heaven and the Creation in and of themselves , he must have ...
Page 119
... evil and His transformation of evil into good . As Milton conceived it , Raphael's account must be either great or a great hiatus in the poem . Refusing most of the con- ventional aids , the poet must , to succeed , suspend the ...
... evil and His transformation of evil into good . As Milton conceived it , Raphael's account must be either great or a great hiatus in the poem . Refusing most of the con- ventional aids , the poet must , to succeed , suspend the ...
Page 138
... evil days , On evil days though fall'n , and evil tongues ; In darkness , and with dangers compast round , And solitude ; yet not alone , while thou Visit'st my slumbers Nightly , or when Morn Purples the East : still govern thou my ...
... evil days , On evil days though fall'n , and evil tongues ; In darkness , and with dangers compast round , And solitude ; yet not alone , while thou Visit'st my slumbers Nightly , or when Morn Purples the East : still govern thou my ...
Contents
Preface page | ix |
The Beginning | 11 |
Satan Sin and Death | 32 |
Copyright | |
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action Adam and Eve Adam's already angels appearance assume attempt become begins believe Book cause concerned continue created creation dark Death delight described desire destruction divine doubt Earth eternal Eve's evil expected experience expresses eyes fact fair faith fall fear final follow force freedom Fruit future give God's hand happy hath Heav'n Hell heroic human ignorance imagine immediate inevitably knowledge least less light lines live man's means merely Michael MICHIGAN Milton mind motions move movement nature never once opening Paradise Lost passage passion perceived perfection poem poet possess possible praise present providence question Raphael reader reality reason recognize relation reminded response Satan seems seen sense sexual sight sound speech Spirit thee things thir thou thought true turn universe vision wish