The Muse's Method: An Introduction to Paradise Lost, Volume 10Chatto & Windus, 1962 - 227 pages |
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Page 19
... future use of them ; but he also clearly indicates the independence and the novelty of his own poem . He is writing not a national epic but a poem about man and God ; not of heroic events which occurred in one historical period but of ...
... future use of them ; but he also clearly indicates the independence and the novelty of his own poem . He is writing not a national epic but a poem about man and God ; not of heroic events which occurred in one historical period but of ...
Page 44
... future monarch's claims : he is properly king by “ just right , " Divine Right ( " the fixt Laws of Heav'n " ) , election ( " free choice " ) , and " merit " for what he has achieved " in Counsel or in Fight . " Yet he is still insecure ...
... future monarch's claims : he is properly king by “ just right , " Divine Right ( " the fixt Laws of Heav'n " ) , election ( " free choice " ) , and " merit " for what he has achieved " in Counsel or in Fight . " Yet he is still insecure ...
Page 197
... future more integral to the dramatic structure : Adam is not " humbled , " does not " relent , " until he sees the visions . But the essential outline for the final Act is the same : the Angel is sent to banish them out of paradise but ...
... future more integral to the dramatic structure : Adam is not " humbled , " does not " relent , " until he sees the visions . But the essential outline for the final Act is the same : the Angel is sent to banish them out of paradise but ...
Contents
Preface page | ix |
The Beginning | 11 |
Satan Sin and Death | 32 |
Copyright | |
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