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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... Prose , ed . Merritt Y. Hughes ( New York : Odyssey , 1957 ) . Paradise Lost is cited parenthetically by book and line . All references to the prose are from Complete Prose of John Milton , ed . Don M. Wolfe , et al . , 8 vols . ( New ...
... Prose , ed . Merritt Y. Hughes ( New York : Odyssey , 1957 ) . Paradise Lost is cited parenthetically by book and line . All references to the prose are from Complete Prose of John Milton , ed . Don M. Wolfe , et al . , 8 vols . ( New ...
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... ( Prose , 1 : 808 ) . In Of Education , he tells us that poetry is “ more simple , sen- suous and passionate " ( Prose , 2 : 403 ) than rhetoric . In " Ad Patrem , " the poem to his father , Milton emphasizes the sacred nature of the bard ...
... ( Prose , 1 : 808 ) . In Of Education , he tells us that poetry is “ more simple , sen- suous and passionate " ( Prose , 2 : 403 ) than rhetoric . In " Ad Patrem , " the poem to his father , Milton emphasizes the sacred nature of the bard ...
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... ( Prose , 1 : 821 ) . For his part , Milton dedicates himself to " labour and intent study ( which I take to be my portion in this life ) " ( Prose , 1 : 810 ) , whom " none hath by more studious ways endeavour'd , and with more un ...
... ( Prose , 1 : 821 ) . For his part , Milton dedicates himself to " labour and intent study ( which I take to be my portion in this life ) " ( Prose , 1 : 810 ) , whom " none hath by more studious ways endeavour'd , and with more un ...
Contents
Historical Context | 1 |
Importance of the Work | 6 |
Critical Reception | 12 |
Copyright | |
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