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... impression of Satan ; they succeed only in qualifying it . The figure in its main outlines remains unblurred . 4 With respect to Milton's intention in depicting Satan as he does , we surely ought not to ignore the further evidence of a ...
... impression of Satan ; they succeed only in qualifying it . The figure in its main outlines remains unblurred . 4 With respect to Milton's intention in depicting Satan as he does , we surely ought not to ignore the further evidence of a ...
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... impression of Sa- tan's heroic grandeur , they also simultaneously provide the grounds for impugning him both as character and symbol . And it seems likely that they may often have an anticipatory function as well . Let me illustrate ...
... impression of Sa- tan's heroic grandeur , they also simultaneously provide the grounds for impugning him both as character and symbol . And it seems likely that they may often have an anticipatory function as well . Let me illustrate ...
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... impression of Satan's transcendent grandeur , make him not less but more heroic in weak mortal eyes . There was a real prob- lem for Milton here . The more successful he was in promoting the impression of Satan's greatness , the more ...
... impression of Satan's transcendent grandeur , make him not less but more heroic in weak mortal eyes . There was a real prob- lem for Milton here . The more successful he was in promoting the impression of Satan's greatness , the more ...
Contents
Chapter One FIT AUDIENCE | 1 |
Chapter Two NOT LESS BUT MORE HEROIC ས ༤ | 40 |
Chapter Four THE VEIL OF INNOCENCE | 67 |
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Achilles Adam and Eve Adam's Aeneas Aeneid allusion amorous authors beauty bee simile begins blank verse Book of Paradise borrowing Burning Lake Carthage comparison context death describes device Dido Dido's dream Dryden Earth edition editors English epic episode epithet Eve's eyes fact Fall Fallen Angels Fourth Book Georgic glory gods grammar Greek Heaven Hell hero heroic Homer Homer and Virgil Horace Iliad imitation influence innocent Juno Jupiter kind language Latin lines literary London meaning metaphor Milton Criticism mind Mount Ida Neoptolemus note to P.L. numbers Odysseus Odyssey Ovid Paradise Lost parallel passage Phaethon Phoebus phrase poem poet poetic poetry quoted Raphael reader Renaissance rhetorical rhythmical Roman Salmoneus Satan schoolboy sense serpents shore simile spear speech Spenser structure style Tellus thee thir thou tion Tityos tradition translation Trojans Troy Turnus Typhon verbal echo Virgil Virgilian writes Zeus