Heroic Knowledge: An Interpretation of Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes |
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... perfect man , a legitimate subject for poetry but extremely difficult to pre- sent in dramatic action . A perfect divine hero would be more dif- ficult , in fact impossible , and a semi - divine hero would be less difficult , for he ...
... perfect man , a legitimate subject for poetry but extremely difficult to pre- sent in dramatic action . A perfect divine hero would be more dif- ficult , in fact impossible , and a semi - divine hero would be less difficult , for he ...
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... perfect man who cannot be moved has a tradi- tional symbolic role that is rich in potential movement for all im- perfect men ; in the bridging of this gap Milton does not neglect his opportunities . The weakness that is proved strength ...
... perfect man who cannot be moved has a tradi- tional symbolic role that is rich in potential movement for all im- perfect men ; in the bridging of this gap Milton does not neglect his opportunities . The weakness that is proved strength ...
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... perfect temperance , in which the unconscious has been so thoroughly permeated by the conscious that even the dreams are pure . ( To the twentieth century this may seem the chief miracle of the poem ; the seventeenth century may have ...
... perfect temperance , in which the unconscious has been so thoroughly permeated by the conscious that even the dreams are pure . ( To the twentieth century this may seem the chief miracle of the poem ; the seventeenth century may have ...
Contents
SOME PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS | 3 |
THE VIRTUES | 17 |
PREPARATIONS AND THE FIRST ENCOUNTER | 36 |
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