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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... spirit work , in bounds Proportion'd to each kind . So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk , from thence the leaves More aery , last the bright consummate flow'r Spirits odorous breathes : flow'rs and thir fruit Man's ...
... spirit work , in bounds Proportion'd to each kind . So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk , from thence the leaves More aery , last the bright consummate flow'r Spirits odorous breathes : flow'rs and thir fruit Man's ...
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... Spirit of all in Heav'n " ( 3.691 ) , Uriel fails to see through Satan's cherubic disguise , showing that hypocrisy can fool ( but not damn ) celestial spir- its . So the narrator moralizes : For neither Man nor Angel can discern ...
... Spirit of all in Heav'n " ( 3.691 ) , Uriel fails to see through Satan's cherubic disguise , showing that hypocrisy can fool ( but not damn ) celestial spir- its . So the narrator moralizes : For neither Man nor Angel can discern ...
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... spirit of the Renaissance , rec- ommends the classical and Italian critics and the classical poets . The only Italian poet is Tasso , whose patron , Giovanni Battista Manso , Milton had met on his Italian journey . Tasso had written a ...
... spirit of the Renaissance , rec- ommends the classical and Italian critics and the classical poets . The only Italian poet is Tasso , whose patron , Giovanni Battista Manso , Milton had met on his Italian journey . Tasso had written a ...
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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