Milton and the Miltonic DrydenHarvard University Press, 1968 - 238 pages |
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... restored . The claim in the poem is that David speaks a specially sacred lan- guage which brings a new golden age by restoring the fallen world " Once more " to the ordered state in which it was originally created : Henceforth a Series ...
... restored . The claim in the poem is that David speaks a specially sacred lan- guage which brings a new golden age by restoring the fallen world " Once more " to the ordered state in which it was originally created : Henceforth a Series ...
Page 167
... restored defences are then tested Harapha , and found to be impregnable . He is indif- ferent now to the outside world : " Or peace or not , alike to me he comes " [ 1074 ] . Because his inner de- fenses are restored , he feels no ...
... restored defences are then tested Harapha , and found to be impregnable . He is indif- ferent now to the outside world : " Or peace or not , alike to me he comes " [ 1074 ] . Because his inner de- fenses are restored , he feels no ...
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... restored not by eloquence but by silence . The style of the poem seems designed , therefore , not to accumulate the fullest resources of language , like the poetry of Paradise Lost , but to escape its restric- tions and the bounds of ...
... restored not by eloquence but by silence . The style of the poem seems designed , therefore , not to accumulate the fullest resources of language , like the poetry of Paradise Lost , but to escape its restric- tions and the bounds of ...
Contents
PART ONE Paradise Lost | 19 |
Satanic Rhetoric | 41 |
The Restorative Power of Eloquence | 94 |
Copyright | |
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Absalom and Achitophel Adam and Eve Adam's Alexas allusion angels Antony and Cleopatra Antony's attitudes Aureng-Zebe Biblical blind characters Chorus claims comparison contrast corruption created Dalila David's death defined divine dramatic poem earlier echo effect eloquence Essays Eve's example experience expressed fallen world feelings final God's grace guage hear Heav'n hero hero's heroic human implies innocence interpretation ironic parodies John Dryden language lines literary literature Love man's Marcus Antonius metaphor Milton and Dryden Milton's epic moral or theological narrator nature numbers original Paradise Lost parallels passage pastoral pattern phrase play poet poet's poetic poetry political praise present Prevenient Grace qualities reader recognize refer Restoration literature restored Reuben Brower rhetoric Samson Agonistes Satan Satan's speeches satire scene seems sense Shakespeare's silence social society soliloquy speak story style suggests sweet temptation thee thir thou tion Tiresias titles tophel traditional unfallen utterance Ventidius verbal words