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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 instrument . At the moment of crisis in each poem the reader is warned that the artful manipulation of words ... moral cor- ruption extending beyond the expediencies of political success , an attitude which denies any necessary cor ...
... moral instrument . At the moment of crisis in each poem the reader is warned that the artful manipulation of words ... moral cor- ruption extending beyond the expediencies of political success , an attitude which denies any necessary cor ...
Contents
PART ONE Paradise Lost | 19 |
Satanic Rhetoric | 41 |
The Alterd Stile of Fallen Men | 69 |
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