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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... heroic poetry in the traditional sense of the term . The praise attached to the second edition of the poem in the verses of Sam- uel Barrow and Andrew Marvell were echoed by Dryden in his epi- gram of 1688 in which he elevated Milton to ...
... heroic poetry in the traditional sense of the term . The praise attached to the second edition of the poem in the verses of Sam- uel Barrow and Andrew Marvell were echoed by Dryden in his epi- gram of 1688 in which he elevated Milton to ...
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... heroic stance is created merely by what he says . At first Satan boasts that " The mind is its own place , and in itself / Can make a Heav'n of Hell , a Hell of Heav'n " ( 1.254–55 ) . Yet Satan immediately lures the rebel angels to ...
... heroic stance is created merely by what he says . At first Satan boasts that " The mind is its own place , and in itself / Can make a Heav'n of Hell , a Hell of Heav'n " ( 1.254–55 ) . Yet Satan immediately lures the rebel angels to ...
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... heroic bodies , Mil- ton gave them heroic language . The characteristics that contribute to Milton's style are found in other writers as well , but certain charac- teristics common in Paradise Lost turn up rarely in other writers . Mil ...
... heroic bodies , Mil- ton gave them heroic language . The characteristics that contribute to Milton's style are found in other writers as well , but certain charac- teristics common in Paradise Lost turn up rarely in other writers . Mil ...
Contents
Historical Context | 1 |
Importance of the Work | 6 |
Critical Reception | 12 |
Copyright | |
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