A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1954 - 465 pages |
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Page 187
... whole that of the fourth draft , but there are some interesting altera- tions . Thus , in the poem , freed from the necessity of pre- serving unity of place , Milton can begin with Satan on the burning lake and introduce the ...
... whole that of the fourth draft , but there are some interesting altera- tions . Thus , in the poem , freed from the necessity of pre- serving unity of place , Milton can begin with Satan on the burning lake and introduce the ...
Page 206
... whole.17 Finally ( lines 628 ff . ) , Milton converts the conflict into a primitive battle of the Titans , as the armies desert their discipline and , abandoning civilized arms , hurl confusedly at each other whatever crude missiles ...
... whole.17 Finally ( lines 628 ff . ) , Milton converts the conflict into a primitive battle of the Titans , as the armies desert their discipline and , abandoning civilized arms , hurl confusedly at each other whatever crude missiles ...
Page 232
... whole metaphysics . He denied the almost universally accepted doctrine that God created the world out of noth- ing . The matter which he reduced to order was as eternal as spirit . It was indeed a part of the substance of God himself ...
... whole metaphysics . He denied the almost universally accepted doctrine that God created the world out of noth- ing . The matter which he reduced to order was as eternal as spirit . It was indeed a part of the substance of God himself ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
I | 117 |
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 268 |
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