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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... University of Illinois Press , 1931 . Freeman , James A. Milton and the Martial Muse . Princeton : Princeton Uni- versity Press , 1980 . Frye , Roland M. Milton's Imagery and the Visual Arts . Princeton : Princeton University Press ...
... University of Illinois Press , 1931 . Freeman , James A. Milton and the Martial Muse . Princeton : Princeton Uni- versity Press , 1980 . Frye , Roland M. Milton's Imagery and the Visual Arts . Princeton : Princeton University Press ...
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... University of Vir- ginia Press , 1974. Narrator - poet - prophet . The Sacred Complex : On the Psychogenesis of Paradise Lost . Cam- bridge and London : Harvard University Press , 1983 . Kirconnell , Watson . The Celestial Cycle : The ...
... University of Vir- ginia Press , 1974. Narrator - poet - prophet . The Sacred Complex : On the Psychogenesis of Paradise Lost . Cam- bridge and London : Harvard University Press , 1983 . Kirconnell , Watson . The Celestial Cycle : The ...
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... Press , 1968. Standard biography . Patrides , C. A. Milton and the Christian Tradition . Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1968 . Peter , John . A Critique of Paradise Lost . London : Longmans ; New York : Co- lumbia University Press , 1960 ...
... Press , 1968. Standard biography . Patrides , C. A. Milton and the Christian Tradition . Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1968 . Peter , John . A Critique of Paradise Lost . London : Longmans ; New York : Co- lumbia University Press , 1960 ...
Contents
Historical Context | 1 |
Importance of the Work | 6 |
Critical Reception | 12 |
Copyright | |
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