Lost Angels of a Ruined Paradise: Themes of Cosmic Strife in Romantic Tragedy |
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Darkness predominates , and the images of blindness emphatically underline this impression . Herbert is “ blind as the grave , " the beggarwoman is afraid of being “ struck blind , ” the band complains of having acted “ blind as moles ...
Darkness predominates , and the images of blindness emphatically underline this impression . Herbert is “ blind as the grave , " the beggarwoman is afraid of being “ struck blind , ” the band complains of having acted “ blind as moles ...
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Coleridge describes Ordonio's blindness as the materialist's inability to see the first cause beyond cause and effect . To see Nature as an " infinite series of causes and effects ” evokes in Coleridge a vision of “ a string of blind ...
Coleridge describes Ordonio's blindness as the materialist's inability to see the first cause beyond cause and effect . To see Nature as an " infinite series of causes and effects ” evokes in Coleridge a vision of “ a string of blind ...
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The string of blind men went on for ever without any beginning ; for although one blind man could not move without stumbling , yet infinite blindness supplied their want of sight . I burst into laughter , which instantly turned to ...
The string of blind men went on for ever without any beginning ; for although one blind man could not move without stumbling , yet infinite blindness supplied their want of sight . I burst into laughter , which instantly turned to ...
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Contents
Introduction 833562119 | 7 |
Wordsworths | 14 |
Coleridges REMORSE | 45 |
Copyright | |
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