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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... language , he ele- vates the English language to its highest level of formality . Scanning the issues of Miltonic criticism , one can see the power of Milton's originality ; no other writer , for example , has provided representations ...
... language , he ele- vates the English language to its highest level of formality . Scanning the issues of Miltonic criticism , one can see the power of Milton's originality ; no other writer , for example , has provided representations ...
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... language was not up to Milton's demands on it . To the Leavisites of the " Cambridge Attack , " who followed Eliot , Milton forced the language into a Greco - Roman idiom that broke the tradi- tion of the native style that led from ...
... language was not up to Milton's demands on it . To the Leavisites of the " Cambridge Attack , " who followed Eliot , Milton forced the language into a Greco - Roman idiom that broke the tradi- tion of the native style that led from ...
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... language beyond us mortals . Just as Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists gave such characters heroic bodies , Mil- ton gave them heroic language . The characteristics that contribute to Milton's style are found in other writers ...
... language beyond us mortals . Just as Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists gave such characters heroic bodies , Mil- ton gave them heroic language . The characteristics that contribute to Milton's style are found in other writers ...
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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