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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... feel Satan's destructiveness . Through Satan , we feel human life's insecurity , a risk few artists have been will- ing to take . The result is terrifying . But the result of Satan's action is his own damnation , too . So , in a sense ...
... feel Satan's destructiveness . Through Satan , we feel human life's insecurity , a risk few artists have been will- ing to take . The result is terrifying . But the result of Satan's action is his own damnation , too . So , in a sense ...
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... the antipathy many modern readers feel for the " authorita ian " government of heaven . We may feel a moment's sympathy f Shakespeare's Richard III when he loses his horse in battle and th his life , but no one feels that he did.
... the antipathy many modern readers feel for the " authorita ian " government of heaven . We may feel a moment's sympathy f Shakespeare's Richard III when he loses his horse in battle and th his life , but no one feels that he did.
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Ideal and Tragic Epic Francis C. Blessington. his life , but no one feels that he did not deserve his fate . But in Para- dise Lost , the conqueror has , unlike ... feel Satan is heroic as a sur- vivor , as a rebel , as a defier of 31 Hell.
Ideal and Tragic Epic Francis C. Blessington. his life , but no one feels that he did not deserve his fate . But in Para- dise Lost , the conqueror has , unlike ... feel Satan is heroic as a sur- vivor , as a rebel , as a defier of 31 Hell.
Contents
Historical Context | 1 |
Importance of the Work | 6 |
Critical Reception | 12 |
Copyright | |
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