John Milton: PoetryTwayne, 1978 - 199 pages Studies the art of seventeenth-century English poet John Milton, focusing on his epic poem "Paradise Lost"; looks at some of his early influences, and examines the greatest of his early poems and the emergence of his central vision. |
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Page 70
... thing that moves on the Earth . All things He gave beneath the power of Adam , save only one . In the center of the Garden of Eden , He placed the Tree of Life , and next to it stood a tree the fruit of which works the knowledge of Good ...
... thing that moves on the Earth . All things He gave beneath the power of Adam , save only one . In the center of the Garden of Eden , He placed the Tree of Life , and next to it stood a tree the fruit of which works the knowledge of Good ...
Page 137
... thing are not divided , nor are man and woman , nor human and divine . Before the fall , all creation was a continuum ... things ; and the archetype of his choice is Satan's choice of Sin . The center of the vast cosmic choice , from ...
... thing are not divided , nor are man and woman , nor human and divine . Before the fall , all creation was a continuum ... things ; and the archetype of his choice is Satan's choice of Sin . The center of the vast cosmic choice , from ...
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... things , by things deem'd weak Subverting worldly strong , and worldly wise By simply meek . . . ( PL , 12.561-69 ) But Paradise Regained does not demonstrate the final three lines of Adam's lesson : that suffering for Truth's sake Is ...
... things , by things deem'd weak Subverting worldly strong , and worldly wise By simply meek . . . ( PL , 12.561-69 ) But Paradise Regained does not demonstrate the final three lines of Adam's lesson : that suffering for Truth's sake Is ...
Contents
About the Author | 8 |
On the Morning of Christs Nativity | 28 |
Comus | 41 |
Copyright | |
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's allegorical angels archetype Arethuse argument asserts beauty Belial Biblical blind bliss chaos Chorus Christ Christian Classical complete Comus Comus's creation Dalila darkness death demonic despair devil disobedience divine drama dream earth ectype English epic eternal Eve's evil fall fallen father felix culpa fruit garden glory God's grace haemony Harapha heaven heavenly hell Heracles human Il Penseroso Jesus John Milton L'Allegro Lady Lady's lesson light lines Lucifer Lycidas man's mankind Manoa masque Michael mode Moloch moral muse myth mythic nativity ode nature obedience pagan pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pastoral pattern Penseroso persona poem poet poetic poetry praise pride Raphael reader reason Sabrina Samson Agonistes Satan seems serpent shadow song Sonnet Sonnet 19 speech Spirit stanza stars temptation thee thir thou throne Thyrsis tion tradition tree typological understanding unfallen vision voice