A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 465 pages |
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Page 256
... Satan by an angel , and holds loving dialogue with Eve . In Act III Satan in his own form tempts Adam and is firmly repulsed . In Act IV he approaches Eve as a serpent , flatters her , and finally persuades her to eat the apple . Adam ...
... Satan by an angel , and holds loving dialogue with Eve . In Act III Satan in his own form tempts Adam and is firmly repulsed . In Act IV he approaches Eve as a serpent , flatters her , and finally persuades her to eat the apple . Adam ...
Page 307
... Satan is always associated with the quarters of the North , for which reason Milton puts Ophiuchus in the arctic sky , though only with considerable astronomical freedom . Even when Milton digresses in his similes he does not do so , as ...
... Satan is always associated with the quarters of the North , for which reason Milton puts Ophiuchus in the arctic sky , though only with considerable astronomical freedom . Even when Milton digresses in his similes he does not do so , as ...
Page 343
... Satan is the hero of Paradise Lost , for Dryden is thinking in terms of epic technique , while Blake is declaring that passion and rebellion , typified in Satan , are the vital motives of Milton's poetic inspiration . In so doing , he ...
... Satan is the hero of Paradise Lost , for Dryden is thinking in terms of epic technique , while Blake is declaring that passion and rebellion , typified in Satan , are the vital motives of Milton's poetic inspiration . In so doing , he ...
Contents
MATERIALS FOR MILTONS BIOGRAPHY | 105 |
THE MINOR POEMS | 132 |
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 268 |
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