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... beginning of Book IX is , of course , entirely non - epic in its deliberate revelation of the mind of Satan ; it is reminiscent of Shakespeare , rather than of Homer . 50 But if Satan is the most striking example of individualised and ...
... beginning of Book IX is , of course , entirely non - epic in its deliberate revelation of the mind of Satan ; it is reminiscent of Shakespeare , rather than of Homer . 50 But if Satan is the most striking example of individualised and ...
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... beginning of the poem , in precisely that pose of repentant obedience and patient quietism which had previously , in Paradise Regained , appeared to Milton as the only possible response to the defeat of reason . But if Samson's own ...
... beginning of the poem , in precisely that pose of repentant obedience and patient quietism which had previously , in Paradise Regained , appeared to Milton as the only possible response to the defeat of reason . But if Samson's own ...
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... beginning and an end , but no middle , is , of course , well known . And if Samson's state of mind at the beginning of the poem , his admission of blame and his acknowledgement of divine justice , were in themselves sufficient ...
... beginning and an end , but no middle , is , of course , well known . And if Samson's state of mind at the beginning of the poem , his admission of blame and his acknowledgement of divine justice , were in themselves sufficient ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
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