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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... poem has stood chock - a - block with every major critic and method since its publica- tion . Despite all the commentaries that have illuminated it , the poem has , like all grand works of the imagination , triumphed over them , though ...
... poem has stood chock - a - block with every major critic and method since its publica- tion . Despite all the commentaries that have illuminated it , the poem has , like all grand works of the imagination , triumphed over them , though ...
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... poem the color of their own critical thought , like renova- tors whitewashing frescoed abbey walls , but instead have recorded a discovery inspired by the images and the truths of the poem itself . On the one hand , we have a species of ...
... poem the color of their own critical thought , like renova- tors whitewashing frescoed abbey walls , but instead have recorded a discovery inspired by the images and the truths of the poem itself . On the one hand , we have a species of ...
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... poem expressed Milton's concern for improving oneself . The poem was an example of " Christian humanism . " Part of the criticism that followed in the next two decades was colored by miltonoclasts and miltonolaters . Most pervasive was ...
... poem expressed Milton's concern for improving oneself . The poem was an example of " Christian humanism . " Part of the criticism that followed in the next two decades was colored by miltonoclasts and miltonolaters . Most pervasive was ...
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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