John Milton: A Reader's Guide to His PoetryFarrar, Straus, 1963 - 385 pages |
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Page 344
... true wisdom : Ignorant of themselves , of God much more , And how the world began and how man fell . ( IV . 310-11 ) Pagans as they were , they did not know the true religion , were not illuminated by the one true Fountain , did not ...
... true wisdom : Ignorant of themselves , of God much more , And how the world began and how man fell . ( IV . 310-11 ) Pagans as they were , they did not know the true religion , were not illuminated by the one true Fountain , did not ...
Page 345
... true Light . The Final Temptation Between the last two scenes , a night elapses . Back in the wilder- ness , Christ finds his sleep disturbed . As with Eve , Satan , unseen , is close beside him , disturbing his sleep " with ugly dreams ...
... true Light . The Final Temptation Between the last two scenes , a night elapses . Back in the wilder- ness , Christ finds his sleep disturbed . As with Eve , Satan , unseen , is close beside him , disturbing his sleep " with ugly dreams ...
Page 372
... true meaning of the highest wisdom is " ever best found in the close . " Samson has justified his ways to God and God his ways to men . The effect of great tragedy which Milton had sought and found is catharsis , “ by raising pity and ...
... true meaning of the highest wisdom is " ever best found in the close . " Samson has justified his ways to God and God his ways to men . The effect of great tragedy which Milton had sought and found is catharsis , “ by raising pity and ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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