The Muse's Method: An Introduction to Paradise Lost, Volume 10Chatto & Windus, 1962 - 227 pages |
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Page 22
... speeches in Hell differ from those in Heaven ; the speech of Adam and Eve before the Fall differ from their speeches after the Fall ; the descriptions of 22 THE MUSE'S METHOD.
... speeches in Hell differ from those in Heaven ; the speech of Adam and Eve before the Fall differ from their speeches after the Fall ; the descriptions of 22 THE MUSE'S METHOD.
Page 165
... speech is a tissue of " seems " : he knows that what he is describing does not correspond with reality ; his emotion is " against his better knowledge . " But when he describes what " seems " to happen to his own mind and to all value ...
... speech is a tissue of " seems " : he knows that what he is describing does not correspond with reality ; his emotion is " against his better knowledge . " But when he describes what " seems " to happen to his own mind and to all value ...
Page 183
... speech which it has fixed within our ears . " Forsake me not thus , Adam , " is the turning point rather than the conclusion of Paradise Lost ; the significance of the passage increases as its sound and meaning are echoed and amplified ...
... speech which it has fixed within our ears . " Forsake me not thus , Adam , " is the turning point rather than the conclusion of Paradise Lost ; the significance of the passage increases as its sound and meaning are echoed and amplified ...
Contents
Preface page | ix |
The Beginning | 11 |
Satan Sin and Death | 32 |
Copyright | |
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