| Sound and emotion in Milton's Paradise lost. | |
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PMID: 21987924 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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This research was designed to test the hypothesis that Milton's poem Paradise Lost is meaningfully patterned with respect to sound. Thirty-six segments from 12 Books of Paradise Lost were scored (Whissell, 2000) in terms of their proportional use of Pleasant, Cheerful, Active, Nasty, Unpleasant, Sad, Passive, and Soft sounds. Paradise Lost includes more Active, Nasty, and Unpleasant sounds and fewer Pleasant, Passive, Soft, and Sad sounds than a representative sample of anthologized poetry. The way in which emotional sounds are patterned (e.g., the rise and fall in the proportion of Pleasant sounds across Books) suggests the presence of three narratives within the work: Sin and Salvation-Foreseen in Heaven (Books I-II), The Fall of Man (Books IV-IX), and Sin and Salvation-Foretold on Earth (Books X-XI). The poem analyzed had updated spelling, and the author's exact intentions when creating it are not accessible to direct investigation, for this among other reasons. |
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Authors:
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Cynthia Whissell |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Perceptual and motor skills Volume: 113 ISSN: 0031-5125 ISO Abbreviation: Percept Mot Skills Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-10-12 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401131 Medline TA: Percept Mot Skills Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 257-67 Citation Subset: IM |
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Psychology Department, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada. CWhissell@Laurentian.Ca |
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