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 15
... " From his earliest poetry forward , Milton seems conscious of the interrelationship between sense and shape . One ba- sic problem appears to have been , in this regard , to make the shape organic and not static , to make it Introduction.
... " From his earliest poetry forward , Milton seems conscious of the interrelationship between sense and shape . One ba- sic problem appears to have been , in this regard , to make the shape organic and not static , to make it Introduction.
Pagina 40
... forward pressure of Milton's verse marks the relentless , linear movement of time . In reading Paradise Lost we do not simply witness the passage of time like the lotus eaters , unconcerned and unaffected . We experience its forward ...
... forward pressure of Milton's verse marks the relentless , linear movement of time . In reading Paradise Lost we do not simply witness the passage of time like the lotus eaters , unconcerned and unaffected . We experience its forward ...
Pagina 41
... forward to the celebrative verb " Sing , " which draws all into it and yet suggests a new forward cadence ; but within the lines that lead up to it we note the anticlimactic progression in the phrases " Brought Death , " all our woe ...
... forward to the celebrative verb " Sing , " which draws all into it and yet suggests a new forward cadence ; but within the lines that lead up to it we note the anticlimactic progression in the phrases " Brought Death , " all our woe ...
Pagina 43
... forward in time from Eden to com- pare future lovers with the primal pair . Yet our point of view remains dominant and allows Milton finally to turn time once again back on itself in the past of " met . " The shifts in time suggest its ...
... forward in time from Eden to com- pare future lovers with the primal pair . Yet our point of view remains dominant and allows Milton finally to turn time once again back on itself in the past of " met . " The shifts in time suggest its ...
Pagina 44
... forward thrust of its energy , the imagery also tends to inscribe circles by means of anticipation . De- scribing this kind of image as proleptic , James Whaler notes that the " function of anticipating event in the fable by means of ...
... forward thrust of its energy , the imagery also tends to inscribe circles by means of anticipation . De- scribing this kind of image as proleptic , James Whaler notes that the " function of anticipating event in the fable by means of ...
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...