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... Satan with the sun , like Charles's self - identification with the sun , is finally spu- rious , the product of a corrupted imagination . The portent that perplexes monarchs in Book 1 appears to be produced by an eclipse of the satanic ...
... Satan with the sun , like Charles's self - identification with the sun , is finally spu- rious , the product of a corrupted imagination . The portent that perplexes monarchs in Book 1 appears to be produced by an eclipse of the satanic ...
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... Satan attempting to establish him- self as emperor de facto . 5 The assimilation of Satan to Roman imperial models begins in the first two books , which , simply by virtue of their position in the epic , are most influential in ...
... Satan attempting to establish him- self as emperor de facto . 5 The assimilation of Satan to Roman imperial models begins in the first two books , which , simply by virtue of their position in the epic , are most influential in ...
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... Satan are subsidiary ( though contributory ) to the presentation of Satan less as a usurping governor than as a self - proclaimed god . If Satan's democratic claims are a mask for his imperial aspira- tions , then these in turn are a ...
... Satan are subsidiary ( though contributory ) to the presentation of Satan less as a usurping governor than as a self - proclaimed god . If Satan's democratic claims are a mask for his imperial aspira- tions , then these in turn are a ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's allusion anointing army barbarian barbarous Beelzebub Book Caesar Chaos chariot Christ Christian Christopher Hill civil coronation Cromwell Death Defence divine earth earthly Eikon Basiliké Eikonoklastes emperor emphasized empire England English Revolution epic epic similes Eve's evil exaltation fall fallen angels father feudal glory God's gold Heaven heavenly Hell human king ibid imperial implied John Milton justice King Charles king's kingship liberty London Lord majesty Milton's God mind Moloch monarchy moral nature Nimrod Paradise Lost pattern Persians Pharaoh poet poet's poetic poetry political present prose Psalm Puritan Raphael reader rebel rebellion regicide reign relationship Renaissance ritual Roman royal Royalist rule Satan scourge sense simile Solomon speech spirit structure Stuart subjects sultan symbolism thee thir thou throne tion triumph triumphal Turkish Turks tyranny tyrant University Press Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos virtue vision Yale