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Although the background to Ludolph's tragedy is ostensibly the medieval Hapsburg Empire under the reign of Emperor Otho , Ludolph's fate makes sense only if related to the enchanted world of fairy tale of romance .
Although the background to Ludolph's tragedy is ostensibly the medieval Hapsburg Empire under the reign of Emperor Otho , Ludolph's fate makes sense only if related to the enchanted world of fairy tale of romance .
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If at the end she appears to Ludolph a “ witch , ” a “ cockatrice , ” or “ demon , ” it is mainly on account of Ludolph's own “ soaring , ” that is , his exaggerated worship of her beauty , his own enchantment .
If at the end she appears to Ludolph a “ witch , ” a “ cockatrice , ” or “ demon , ” it is mainly on account of Ludolph's own “ soaring , ” that is , his exaggerated worship of her beauty , his own enchantment .
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Ludolph's faith in Auranthe and in their Paradise meant being blind to the mortality lurking beyond the beauties of Nature , death being the due of Man's fallen state : “ A barrier of guilt ! I was the fool . / She was the cheater !
Ludolph's faith in Auranthe and in their Paradise meant being blind to the mortality lurking beyond the beauties of Nature , death being the due of Man's fallen state : “ A barrier of guilt ! I was the fool . / She was the cheater !
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Contents
Introduction 833562119 | 7 |
Wordsworths | 14 |
Coleridges REMORSE | 45 |
Copyright | |
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accept action Adam affirm alienation allegorical Alvar appears associated Auranthe Beatrice Beatrice's beauty becomes blind blood Borderers brother Byron called cause Cenci centre character claims Coleridge Coleridge's comes Consequently cosmic crime darkness death demonic denies describes desire despair destruction dilemma direction divine drama effect error evil existence experience face fact faith fall fallen father feels figure final follows forces guilt heart Heaven Hell Herbert hero hero's heroine hope human Idonea Infinite innocence Keats Letter light loss lovers Ludolph man's Manfred Manfred's Marmaduke moral murder Nature offence Ordonio original Oswald Otho Paradise perfection play poet poet's presented Press question realm recognize relationship Remorse representative responsible reversal revolutionary role Romantic Satan scene seems sense Shelley Shelley's significance Spirit spite stands structure suffering symbolic takes Teresa things tion tragedy tragic truth turns tyrannical ultimately union universe villain vision wants wedding Wordsworth's
Bibliographic information
| Title | Lost Angels of a Ruined Paradise: Themes of Cosmic Strife in Romantic Tragedy |
| Author | Erika Gottlieb |
| Publisher | Sono Nis Press, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0919462839, 9780919462830 |
| Length | 181 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General |
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