02300nam 22004575 450 991100842160332120190723020930.09781501744082150174408910.7591/9781501744082(CKB)4100000008965256(DE-B1597)533805(OCoLC)1110712810(DE-B1597)9781501744082(MiAaPQ)EBC31211655(Au-PeEL)EBL31211655(EXLCZ)99410000000896525620190723d2019 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Shadow of Heaven Matter and Stance in Milton's Poetry /Jon S. Lawry1st ed.Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]©19681 online resourceFrontmatter -- Preface / Lawry, Jon S. -- Abbreviations -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. "That Undisturbed Song": Harmony and Its Renewal in "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," "L'Allegro" and "II Penseroso," "Arcades," and "At a Solemn Music" -- 2. "By Due Steps Aspire": Reason, Appetite, and Trial in Comus -- 3. "With Eager Thought Warbling His Doric Lay": Stance Achieved in "Lycidas" -- 4. "Most Reason Is That Reason Overcome": Choice in Paradise Lost -- 5. "Since No Man Comes": God's Ways with His Son in Paradise Regained -- 6. "A Person Rais'd": Election and Redemption in Samson Agonistes -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- IndexIn this subtle and intelligently conceived study of Milton's major poems, Professor Lawry analyzes and explicates the poems and interprets them in the context of the entire body of Milton's work. His interpretations help the reader to participate with the poet in the "enactment" of the poems, whether with Adam in the Garden of Eden or with Satan in Hell.Poetry & CriticismLITERARY CRITICISM / PoetrybisacshPoetry & Criticism.LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry.Lawry Jon S., 198044DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9911008421603321The Shadow of Heaven4394416UNINA