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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... Renaissance , that rebirth of Greek and Latin sources which nourished his youth . In a key passage from his Reason of Church Government , Milton more than hints at his practice : Time servs not now , and perhaps I might seem too profuse ...
... Renaissance , that rebirth of Greek and Latin sources which nourished his youth . In a key passage from his Reason of Church Government , Milton more than hints at his practice : Time servs not now , and perhaps I might seem too profuse ...
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... Renaissance . Genre , word , idea , and image make the poem dig deeper into the many contexts of our lives . When a writer presents so many ideas with such intelligence , dignity , and force , we think and feel , even if we disagree ...
... Renaissance . Genre , word , idea , and image make the poem dig deeper into the many contexts of our lives . When a writer presents so many ideas with such intelligence , dignity , and force , we think and feel , even if we disagree ...
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... Renaissance writers did . Milton was very clear that Virgil and Homer were models for an epic , thereby suggesting that one learned to compose epic poetry by imita- tion and emulation of preferred sources . In his Reason of Church Gov ...
... Renaissance writers did . Milton was very clear that Virgil and Homer were models for an epic , thereby suggesting that one learned to compose epic poetry by imita- tion and emulation of preferred sources . In his Reason of Church Gov ...
Contents
Historical Context | 1 |
Importance of the Work | 6 |
Critical Reception | 12 |
Copyright | |
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Paradise Lost: Ideal and Tragic Epic Francis C. Blessington,Francis C.. Blessington No preview available - 1988 |
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