The Mystical Design of Paradise LostBucknell University Press, 1975 - 194 pagina's Identifies and discusses the thematic and structural aspects of the circular pattern underlying Milton's epic poem to elucidate its mystical meanings. |
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Pagina 17
... death . His death and the poem thus become im- ages of the perfect plan that exists amid the apparent ran- domness of life . L Allegro and Il Penseroso , taken together , are also circular in form , but the obviousness of the diurnal ...
... death . His death and the poem thus become im- ages of the perfect plan that exists amid the apparent ran- domness of life . L Allegro and Il Penseroso , taken together , are also circular in form , but the obviousness of the diurnal ...
Pagina 18
... death of per- sons , civilizations , and worlds . To cite Frye further on the subject , as the Bible is one of those great encyclopedic forms , " probably the most systematically constructed sa- cred book in the world , " which in toto ...
... death of per- sons , civilizations , and worlds . To cite Frye further on the subject , as the Bible is one of those great encyclopedic forms , " probably the most systematically constructed sa- cred book in the world , " which in toto ...
Pagina 21
... death , and resurrection of Jesus , the second Adam . Morally , the narra- tive illustrates the concept of the felix culpa , the fortunate 7. ( Princeton , 1969 ) , pp . 27 and 84 ff . Charles S. Singleton , Commedia : Elements of ...
... death , and resurrection of Jesus , the second Adam . Morally , the narra- tive illustrates the concept of the felix culpa , the fortunate 7. ( Princeton , 1969 ) , pp . 27 and 84 ff . Charles S. Singleton , Commedia : Elements of ...
Pagina 27
... death , and dying to redeem , So dearly to redeem what Hellish hate So easily destroy'd , and still destroys In those who , when they may , accept not grace . ( III . 294-302 ) The apocalyptic image of judgment with which Milton has God ...
... death , and dying to redeem , So dearly to redeem what Hellish hate So easily destroy'd , and still destroys In those who , when they may , accept not grace . ( III . 294-302 ) The apocalyptic image of judgment with which Milton has God ...
Pagina 28
... death , and dying to redeem " ) , Milton stresses the circular notion of the overall narrative theme that God would bring good out of evil . In this light , one of Milton's greatest themes concerns the justification of the creative act ...
... death , and dying to redeem " ) , Milton stresses the circular notion of the overall narrative theme that God would bring good out of evil . In this light , one of Milton's greatest themes concerns the justification of the creative act ...
Inhoudsopgave
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His Circle Drawn Just | 68 |
The Interpenetration of Time and Space | 148 |
Conclusion | 182 |
Selected Bibliography | 185 |
Index | 191 |
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's Aeneid allegorical anagogical antimetabole beauty Beelzebub beginning Book VIII Book XII burning lake celestial central Christ Christopher Ricks circular Commedia concept consonant created creation creative Dante darkness dawn death defines demons discussion divine Earth emphasis eternal Eve's evil example Fall fallen angels final Galileo Galileo Galilei garden God's Heaven heavenly Hell heroic historical light lines loss Lycidas man's McColley meaning Michael Milton describes Milton's epic mystical mythic narrative nature Neoplatonic night numerological overall Paradise Lost parallels passage perfect poem poem's poet poetic poetry provides Raphael relation relationship Renaissance return to Eden rhetorical Satan Satan returns says scheme section of Book sense shape significance spatial speech Structure of Paradise Studies style suggest symbolic syntax temporal thee things thir thou tion tradition universe verbal verse paragraph verse sentence victory vision Whaler
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Pagina 50 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Pagina 42 - OF Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Pagina 36 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Pagina 134 - From their Creator, and transgress his will For one restraint, lords of the world besides * Who first seduced them to that foul revolt...
Pagina 130 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse...
Pagina 61 - Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there: be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee, and thy being: Dream not of other worlds, what creatures there live, in what state, condition or degree; Contented that thus far hath been reveal'd Not of earth only, but of highest heaven.
Pagina 37 - O goodness infinite, goodness immense ! That all this good of evil shall produce, And evil turn to good ; more wonderful Than that which by creation first brought forth Light out of darkness ! Full of doubt I stand, Whether I should repent me now of sin By me done, and occasion'd, or rejoice Much more, that much more good thereof shall spring ; To God more glory, more good-will to men From God, and over wrath grace shall abound.
Pagina 37 - Round through the vast profundity obscure ; And said, Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds, This be thy just circumference, O World...