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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... Earlier in the poem , though later in time , the Son's offer of self - sacrifice for man on the cross further justifies the choice . Satan reacts in the pattern established in book 1 : he stirs Beelze- bub to help him gather the angels ...
... Earlier in the poem , though later in time , the Son's offer of self - sacrifice for man on the cross further justifies the choice . Satan reacts in the pattern established in book 1 : he stirs Beelze- bub to help him gather the angels ...
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... earlier they had accepted its joy , so now they must learn to accept i its sorrow as well . Later it is revealed to both that God's ways are more complex than they can conceive and that His power is infinitely beyond their own . Life is ...
... earlier they had accepted its joy , so now they must learn to accept i its sorrow as well . Later it is revealed to both that God's ways are more complex than they can conceive and that His power is infinitely beyond their own . Life is ...
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... earlier works . In one sense his poem is a gloss on the first three chapters of Genesis quoted above , but Milton has taken the biblical story , which appears in al- most anecdotal bareness , and expanded it by giving life , manners ...
... earlier works . In one sense his poem is a gloss on the first three chapters of Genesis quoted above , but Milton has taken the biblical story , which appears in al- most anecdotal bareness , and expanded it by giving life , manners ...
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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