The Epic Muse: The 'Ramayana' and 'Paradise Lost'People's Publishing House, 1977 - 215 pages Comparison of the two epics. |
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Page 45
... inasmuch as for a Hindu god is familiar as well as faraway , Kamban need have no qualms even about having some fun at the expense of god . So in the prayer with which book vi begins , he says that god is one or many , this or that , is ...
... inasmuch as for a Hindu god is familiar as well as faraway , Kamban need have no qualms even about having some fun at the expense of god . So in the prayer with which book vi begins , he says that god is one or many , this or that , is ...
Page 85
... inasmuch as the repentant Samson is vouchsafed the grace of god , and his triumphant death is differ- ent from the usual tragic catastrophe . But Samson at least sinned because of his hamartia , suffered as a consequence and then ...
... inasmuch as the repentant Samson is vouchsafed the grace of god , and his triumphant death is differ- ent from the usual tragic catastrophe . But Samson at least sinned because of his hamartia , suffered as a consequence and then ...
Page 167
... inasmuch as they prepare Adam to leave Paradise " though sorrowing , yet in peace " ( xI . 117 ) . But they are not meant to , and do not , give any facile comfort . It is true that Adam regards the divine redemption as more miraculous ...
... inasmuch as they prepare Adam to leave Paradise " though sorrowing , yet in peace " ( xI . 117 ) . But they are not meant to , and do not , give any facile comfort . It is true that Adam regards the divine redemption as more miraculous ...
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abduction action Adam and Eve Adam's angels Annamalai University asura banishment battle become Bharata boons brother Chapter Chola Cilappatikaram compares course Criticism Dandaka forest Dasaratha death deeds dharma divine dramatic English epic voice episode Eve's evil fall of Ravana Father fruit godhead gods Hanuman Heaven Hell Hence hero heroic human husband Ibid Ilango inasmuch India Kaikeyi Kamban Kamban's epic Kampa Kannagi Kausalya king Kosala Kumbhakarna Kuni lady Lakshmana Lanka literary epic Literature lived London Madras Madurai Milton Milton's epic mind narration nature noteworthy Pancavati Paradise Lost passion penance Pillai plot poem poet poetic poetry praises Rajam's edition Rama Rama and Sita Rama's Ramayana Ravana realise recognises reference sage Sanskrit Satan says scene significant similes Sita Sita's Siva speaks stanza story Sugriva Surpanakha T. P. Meenakshisundaran Tamil taniyan Tataka tells temptation theme tion tradition unity Univ Vali Valmiki vanaras Vibhishana Viradha virtue Vishnu Viswamitra words