Heavenly Muse

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Heavenly Muse is the divine, Christianized source of inspiration Milton appeals to in *Paradise Lost* to guide his epic account of humanity’s fall.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Heavenly Muse canonical 1

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christianized muse ⓘ
divine inspiration ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
personification ⓘ
addressedAs Heav’nly Muse ⓘ
Spirit ⓘ
Urania (reinterpreted as Christian) ⓘ
linked to: Urania
appearsIn Paradise Lost ⓘ
associatedWith biblical narrative ⓘ
divine illumination ⓘ
sacred poetry ⓘ
contrastsWith classical Muses ⓘ
createdBy John Milton ⓘ
describedAs Urania in Paradise Lost ⓘ
epicFunction to authorize the poem’s truth-claims ⓘ
to elevate the poem above pagan epic tradition ⓘ
firstPublicationContext Paradise Lost (1667) ⓘ
linked to: Paradise Lost
genreContext epic poetry ⓘ
guides Milton’s epic account of humanity’s fall ⓘ
inspiredByText the Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible
invocationType proem invocation ⓘ
invokedIn Paradise Lost Book 1 ⓘ
linked to: Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost Book 3 ⓘ
linked to: Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost Book 7 ⓘ
linked to: Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost Book 9 ⓘ
linked to: Paradise Lost
isAppealedToBy John Milton ⓘ
language English literary tradition ⓘ
linkedTo invocation to the Holy Spirit ⓘ
literaryTradition Christian epic ⓘ
modeledOn Holy Spirit ⓘ
linked to: God the Holy Spirit
purposeInNarrative to help the poet justify the ways of God to men ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
roleInWork source of inspiration for the poet-narrator ⓘ
symbolizes God’s aid to the poet ⓘ
revelatory knowledge ⓘ
spiritual insight ⓘ
theologicalDimension grace as prerequisite for right understanding ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paradise Lost → invokes → Heavenly Muse ⓘ