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... theme , rather than the more conventional patriotic themes ? Such questions cannot possibly be answered if we focus our attention exclusively on either the literary context in isolation or the total social system . In fact , we can only ...
... theme , rather than the more conventional patriotic themes ? Such questions cannot possibly be answered if we focus our attention exclusively on either the literary context in isolation or the total social system . In fact , we can only ...
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... theme becomes , not that of obedience and disobedience , but rather that of the conflict between reason and passion . As Saurat ably demonstrated in his pioneering study , 72 Milton's Paradise Lost , in fact , redefines the nature of ...
... theme becomes , not that of obedience and disobedience , but rather that of the conflict between reason and passion . As Saurat ably demonstrated in his pioneering study , 72 Milton's Paradise Lost , in fact , redefines the nature of ...
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... theme - so the epic form itself is rendered similarly inaccessible . Thus we find in Paradise Regained a poetic theme which is simply that of personal redemption , and a poetic form which is anti- epic rather than epic . Paradise ...
... theme - so the epic form itself is rendered similarly inaccessible . Thus we find in Paradise Regained a poetic theme which is simply that of personal redemption , and a poetic form which is anti- epic rather than epic . Paradise ...
Contents
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
Reason Triumphant | 94 |
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