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Allegory

Dispatches, close readings, and revision notes filed under Allegory.

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Dispatches on Allegory

Paradise Lost, Book II: The Council of Hell and the Road Through Chaos

A guide to the infernal council of Paradise Lost: Moloch’s war, Belial’s quietism, Mammon’s empire, Beelzebub’s strategy of guile, Satan’s solo mission, and the allegory of Sin and Death at the gates of Hell.

12 Nov 202611 min read

Arts & LettersENGL-200A

The Faerie Queene, Book I: Holiness and the Knight of the Red Crosse

A canto-by-canto study of Book I of The Faerie Queene: Redcrosse’s wandering, Una’s constancy, Duessa’s falsehood, the House of Pride, the House of Holiness, and the dragon that turns a failed knight into Saint George.

1 Nov 202616 min read

Allegory

Dispatches on Allegory

Paradise Lost, Book II: The Council of Hell and the Road Through Chaos

The Faerie Queene, Book I: Holiness and the Knight of the Red Crosse

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