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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... criticism applies abstract methods , the particularized subtlety of the poem will always elude its being reduced to any one idea or interpretation ; criticism works in two dimensions , the poem , like life , in three . Nevertheless ...
... criticism applies abstract methods , the particularized subtlety of the poem will always elude its being reduced to any one idea or interpretation ; criticism works in two dimensions , the poem , like life , in three . Nevertheless ...
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... criticism : critics have either assumed that Milton's poem is now the standard , or they have recorded their ... criticism has been unjustly neglected and unjustly criticized for lack of originality . In fact , Addison anticipated much ...
... criticism : critics have either assumed that Milton's poem is now the standard , or they have recorded their ... criticism has been unjustly neglected and unjustly criticized for lack of originality . In fact , Addison anticipated much ...
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... criticism that followed in the next two decades was colored by miltonoclasts and miltonolaters . Most pervasive was the rise of professional criticism in the uni- versities . The proliferation of Milton criticism was outstanding even in ...
... criticism that followed in the next two decades was colored by miltonoclasts and miltonolaters . Most pervasive was the rise of professional criticism in the uni- versities . The proliferation of Milton criticism was outstanding even in ...
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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