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The Symbolic and Structural Significance of Music Imagery in the English Poetry of John Milton

Description: The purpose of this study is to investigate how John Milton uses music imagery in his English poetry. This is accomplished through consideration of the musical milieu of the late Renaissance, particularly of seventeenth century England, through examination of the symbolic function of music imagery in the poetry, and through study of the significance of music imagery for the structure of the poem. Milton relies on his readers' familiarity with sounds and contemporary musical forms as well as wit… more
Date: May 1979
Creator: Woods, Paula M.
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Learning and the Knowledge of Faith in Paradise Regained

Description: In Book IV of Paradise Regained, Satan tempts Christ by offering him the learning of the Greek philosophers, poets, and orators. Christ's response is a vehement denigration of Greek literature, which seems to contradict the praise of the classics found in Milton's prose works of the 1640s. Interpreting the condemnation of Greek learning in Paradise Regained as a modification of the poet's early attitudes, the present study examines the biographical, political, theological, and scientific factor… more
Date: December 1982
Creator: Ryan, Patrick R. (Patrick Russell)
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[John Milton, Paradise Lost]

Description: Photographs of the covers of "Paradise Lost" by John Milton, held by UNT Special Collections. The covers are deep red, with an intricate gold design on the front and the spine, the spine containing the title. The book on the left is Vol 1 and the right Vol 2. Image 2, illustration inside "Paradise Lost." The black and white illustration is of a woman in the middle of a dark forest. She stands by a thick, tall tree, a snake wrapped around one of the branches. Image 3, frontispiece of "Paradise … more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
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The Aesthetics of Sin: Beauty and Depravity in Early Modern English Literature

Description: This dissertation argues that early modern writers such as William Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, George Herbert, John Milton, and Andrew Marvell played a critical role in the transition from the Neoplatonic philosophy of beauty to Enlightenment aesthetics. I demonstrate how the Protestant Reformation, with its special emphasis on the depravity of human nature, prompted writers to critique models of aesthetic judgment and experience that depended on high faith in human goodness and rationality.… more
Date: December 2017
Creator: Jeffrey, Anthony Cole
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