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... moral ideals . They could find in Shakespeare's chroni- cles and Roman plays especially the most ruthless probing into the effects of political and social expedi- ency upon the moral fabric of language . Or they could turn to classical ...
... moral ideals . They could find in Shakespeare's chroni- cles and Roman plays especially the most ruthless probing into the effects of political and social expedi- ency upon the moral fabric of language . Or they could turn to classical ...
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... moral terms be- cause they involve moral issues . Allusive comparisons to Paradise Lost are therefore used as a means of insisting on the need to understand the recurring pat- terns of history in the light of enduring values , which are ...
... moral terms be- cause they involve moral issues . Allusive comparisons to Paradise Lost are therefore used as a means of insisting on the need to understand the recurring pat- terns of history in the light of enduring values , which are ...
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... moral or theological significance of their fall , also asserts Satan's power to impose such words at will . The implication again is that the condi- tion of the angels has no moral or theological meaning in itself . It is a mere neutral ...
... moral or theological significance of their fall , also asserts Satan's power to impose such words at will . The implication again is that the condi- tion of the angels has no moral or theological meaning in itself . It is a mere neutral ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION Literary Connections | 1 |
PART | 19 |
Satanic Rhetoric | 41 |
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