The Muse's Method: An Introduction to Paradise Lost, Volume 10Chatto & Windus, 1962 - 227 pages |
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Page 90
... sexual love . It is opposed to love , for it inevitably implies an humiliation of its sexual object . It is particularly congruent with hatred . The Baalim and the Ashtaroth come next , both masculine and feminine . Astoreth , " whom ...
... sexual love . It is opposed to love , for it inevitably implies an humiliation of its sexual object . It is particularly congruent with hatred . The Baalim and the Ashtaroth come next , both masculine and feminine . Astoreth , " whom ...
Page 93
... sexuality cannot be sustained . Yet man's vision of celestial bliss must almost inevitably be described in relation to the bliss of earth , and Milton continues to employ sexual analogies which make clear the distinctions as well as the ...
... sexuality cannot be sustained . Yet man's vision of celestial bliss must almost inevitably be described in relation to the bliss of earth , and Milton continues to employ sexual analogies which make clear the distinctions as well as the ...
Page 111
... sexuality as intrinsically and symbolically important . In its perfection sexual love represents both natural human fulfilment and the natural human imitation of divine love and fertility and joy . But , central as was man's place in ...
... sexuality as intrinsically and symbolically important . In its perfection sexual love represents both natural human fulfilment and the natural human imitation of divine love and fertility and joy . But , central as was man's place in ...
Contents
Preface page | ix |
The Beginning | 11 |
Satan Sin and Death | 32 |
Copyright | |
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