Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Octagon Books, 1966 - 376 pages |
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Page 176
... Satan , it is doubtful whether Milton did him the honor of spreading him thus into every human soul . Satan is therefore not " passion " as Christ is " reason " -that is to say , not Satan in the poems ; in Milton's mind , it is quite ...
... Satan , it is doubtful whether Milton did him the honor of spreading him thus into every human soul . Satan is therefore not " passion " as Christ is " reason " -that is to say , not Satan in the poems ; in Milton's mind , it is quite ...
Page 200
... Satan is a more powerful figure than the Son . The odds are against him , but still he struggles , and wins our profoundest sympathy and admiration . It is of no avail to retort that Satan's energies are evil . Nominally they are either ...
... Satan is a more powerful figure than the Son . The odds are against him , but still he struggles , and wins our profoundest sympathy and admiration . It is of no avail to retort that Satan's energies are evil . Nominally they are either ...
Page 264
... Satan's efforts to find out are , in a sense , riddles , for they are given half in his own terms and half in Satan's . Food ; glory ; kingdoms ; earthly wisdom - these are the temptations ; through all of them , in Milton's phrase ...
... Satan's efforts to find out are , in a sense , riddles , for they are given half in his own terms and half in Satan's . Food ; glory ; kingdoms ; earthly wisdom - these are the temptations ; through all of them , in Milton's phrase ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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