Unpremeditated Verse : : Feeling and Perception in Paradise Lost / / Wayne Shumaker.
The focus of this study is on the working of Milton's sensibilities and the reader's response to the materials of the poem. Professor Shumaker demonstrates the special resonance Milton gave to Paradise Lost through his development of its mythic quality and through the emotive patterns in t...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1967 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. PARADISE LOST AS MYTH -- CHAPTER II. THE NARRATIVE PLAN -- CHAPTER III. THREE EXAMPLES OF AFFECTIVE TONALITY -- CHAPTER IV. ANIMISM : THE EPIC WORLD AS SENTIENT -- CHAPTER V. SYNECDOCHE AND METONYMY -- CHAPTER VI. VISUAL PERCEPTION -- CHAPTER VII. AUDITORY PERCEPTION -- CHAPTER VIII. SOMATIC PERCEPTION -- CHAPTER IX. AFFECT AND PERCEPT ON THE MOUNT OF SPECULATION -- INDEX |
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Summary: | The focus of this study is on the working of Milton's sensibilities and the reader's response to the materials of the poem. Professor Shumaker demonstrates the special resonance Milton gave to Paradise Lost through his development of its mythic quality and through the emotive patterns in the poem. Shumaker describes the effect on the reader's subconscious responses of Milton's choice of visual and auditory images. Underlying the treatment is an assumption that during the act of composition the poet's mind is often stirred to its depths and registers with astonishing fidelity what is happening on all the levels of his psyche, conscious and unconscious.Originally published in 1967.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781400876600 9783110426847 9783110413533 9783110442496 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400876600 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Wayne Shumaker. |