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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... give the devil his due . Some persons may think that he has carried his liberality too far , and injured the cause he professed to espouse by making him the chief person in his poem . Considering the nature of his subject , he would be ...
... give the devil his due . Some persons may think that he has carried his liberality too far , and injured the cause he professed to espouse by making him the chief person in his poem . Considering the nature of his subject , he would be ...
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... give new laws . He further insinuates that to utter more is not safe , as if thought police are afoot . The creation of such tension is a standard subversive ploy . Satan's real impulses are demonstrated imagistically when he appears ...
... give new laws . He further insinuates that to utter more is not safe , as if thought police are afoot . The creation of such tension is a standard subversive ploy . Satan's real impulses are demonstrated imagistically when he appears ...
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... give his verse further variety , Milton varies the place where the major pause ( caesura ) in each line occurs . Usually the sense runs over the end of one line into another , drawing the reader through many lines , till punctuation gives ...
... give his verse further variety , Milton varies the place where the major pause ( caesura ) in each line occurs . Usually the sense runs over the end of one line into another , drawing the reader through many lines , till punctuation gives ...
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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