Paradise Lost: Ideal and Tragic EpicIn Paradise Lost, his poetic retelling of the story of Adam and Eve, John Milton sought to create a Christian parallel to the classical works of Homer and Virgil. His achievement remains the undisputed masterpiece of the epic for in English. Francis Blessington's Paradise Lost: Ideal and Tragic Epic clarifies the complexities of the poem and highlights its relevance to our own time as well as Milton's. |
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Contents
Historical Context | 1 |
Importance of the Work | 6 |
Critical Reception | 12 |
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Paradise Lost: Ideal and Tragic Epic Francis C. Blessington,Francis C.. Blessington No preview available - 1988 |
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| Title | Paradise Lost: Ideal and Tragic Epic A student's companion to the poem Issue 12 of Masterwork Studies Issue 12 of Twayne's masterwork studies |
| Author | Francis C. Blessington |
| Publisher | Twayne Publishers, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 9, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0805779698, 9780805779691 |
| Length | 144 pages |
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