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... significance of the paradise story for both Milton and the commentators indicates once again the close relation between the last two books of Paradise Lost and the rest of the epic . Though Milton inherited the images of para- dise from ...
... significance of the paradise story for both Milton and the commentators indicates once again the close relation between the last two books of Paradise Lost and the rest of the epic . Though Milton inherited the images of para- dise from ...
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... significance . Lactantius argued that the story of the golden age and its passing should be accepted as a poetic interpretation of genuine truth . The various golden age sites and the Christian paradise blended together . In The Myth of ...
... significance . Lactantius argued that the story of the golden age and its passing should be accepted as a poetic interpretation of genuine truth . The various golden age sites and the Christian paradise blended together . In The Myth of ...
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Contents
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3 THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ERA | 38 |
4 THE MIDDLE AGES | 67 |
5 THE HISTORICAL PARADISE OF THE RENAISSANCE | 89 |
6 THE LEGACY OF EDEN | 125 |
7 THE SEARCH FOR PARADISE | 188 |
8 THE NATURAL PARADISE THE CELESTIAL PARADISE AND THE INNER PARADISE | 234 |
9 THE FADING OF PARADISE | 269 |
NOTES | 291 |
INDEX | 319 |
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