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... expressed by the Divinity and Abdiel in Paradise Lost ( since poets , especially under times of censorship , use central characters to deliver their own opinions ) as well as an awareness of how historical events and personages may be ...
... expressed by the Divinity and Abdiel in Paradise Lost ( since poets , especially under times of censorship , use central characters to deliver their own opinions ) as well as an awareness of how historical events and personages may be ...
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... expressed in a single supreme ego was contradicted in the very form struc- tured to declare it . It would hardly be surprising if Milton remembered such historical precedents when he wrote of Satan's triumph after securing dominion on ...
... expressed in a single supreme ego was contradicted in the very form struc- tured to declare it . It would hardly be surprising if Milton remembered such historical precedents when he wrote of Satan's triumph after securing dominion on ...
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... expressed the theme of God's royal father- hood in a blaze of lyrical poetry , this lyricism fades , to lie quietly beneath the surface of the remaining narrative as a memory and a promise . Such visions are not the material of life ...
... expressed the theme of God's royal father- hood in a blaze of lyrical poetry , this lyricism fades , to lie quietly beneath the surface of the remaining narrative as a memory and a promise . Such visions are not the material of life ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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