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... modern poets , and now this speech would put his cards on the table , or give definite examples to discuss ; it was nearly all about style . He did express towards the end a firm distaste for Milton's God , but he presented that as ...
... modern poets , and now this speech would put his cards on the table , or give definite examples to discuss ; it was nearly all about style . He did express towards the end a firm distaste for Milton's God , but he presented that as ...
Page 172
... modern reader tends to feel that the confusion of matter and spirit in Paradise Lost is part of the general bogusness of Milton's style ; but after you have defined spirit as a subtle form of matter , as at any rate Lucretius had done ...
... modern reader tends to feel that the confusion of matter and spirit in Paradise Lost is part of the general bogusness of Milton's style ; but after you have defined spirit as a subtle form of matter , as at any rate Lucretius had done ...
Page 214
... modern English ' their state ' chiefly means their coun- try , but in Milton's time it still chiefly meant their position of rule , over Hebrews and lower - class Philistines alike presumably ; though Milton could have wanted to leave ...
... modern English ' their state ' chiefly means their coun- try , but in Milton's time it still chiefly meant their position of rule , over Hebrews and lower - class Philistines alike presumably ; though Milton could have wanted to leave ...
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Abdiel Adam and Eve agree already angels argue argument become Beelzebub believe Bible blame C. S. Lewis called Cambridge Platonists Chapter character Christ Christian claim conscience consider corrupt created creation critics Delilah Devil divine doctrine doubt Dr Tillyard eat the apple Eliot epic eternal evidence evil expect Fall Father feel felt give Gnostics God's hard Heaven Hell human sacrifice idea imagine intended invented joke judgement justice least literary mankind mean meant merely Milton Milton's God mind modern moral Morand natural neo-Christian Paracelsus Paradise Lost paradox perhaps Philistines poem political position praise presumably punishment Raphael reader realize reason rebels regard religion remarks Samson Satan Saurat seems Shelley speech story sure T. S. Eliot tell thee thing thou thought throne tion told torture tradition truth trying understand whole wicked word wrong Yvor Winters