The Muse's Method: An Introduction to Paradise Lost, Volume 10Chatto & Windus, 1962 - 227 pages |
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... sense , like our modern " functional , " implies that beautiful detail must contribute to or reflect the whole ; but unlike the modern word , Milton's term also implies that harmony is natural to man and that man is more than the sum of ...
... sense , like our modern " functional , " implies that beautiful detail must contribute to or reflect the whole ; but unlike the modern word , Milton's term also implies that harmony is natural to man and that man is more than the sum of ...
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... sense of predictability or balance ( in the opening six lines , they occur after the following syllables : 7 , 6 , 6 , 5 , 3 , 4 ) . The most obvious rhythmical units are indicated by the punctuation , but here again no norm is ...
... sense of predictability or balance ( in the opening six lines , they occur after the following syllables : 7 , 6 , 6 , 5 , 3 , 4 ) . The most obvious rhythmical units are indicated by the punctuation , but here again no norm is ...
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... sense of pleasure now perceptible is , perhaps , the inferior one of " scanning " : of increasing one's sense of im- portance by " climbing up " and pretending to be the judge of God's works . Raphael corrects Adam's shocked sense of ...
... sense of pleasure now perceptible is , perhaps , the inferior one of " scanning " : of increasing one's sense of im- portance by " climbing up " and pretending to be the judge of God's works . Raphael corrects Adam's shocked sense of ...
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