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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... praise ( or grouse about ) . The result is sometimes that rare interaction wherein critics find their terms , their enemies , their concepts , their ideologies . The best critics have not painted the poem the color of their own critical ...
... praise ( or grouse about ) . The result is sometimes that rare interaction wherein critics find their terms , their enemies , their concepts , their ideologies . The best critics have not painted the poem the color of their own critical ...
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... praise for martial valor is elaborate : I might relate of thousands , and thir names Eternize here on Earth ; but those elect Angels contented with thir fame in Heav'n Seek not the praise of men ; the other sort In might though wondrous ...
... praise for martial valor is elaborate : I might relate of thousands , and thir names Eternize here on Earth ; but those elect Angels contented with thir fame in Heav'n Seek not the praise of men ; the other sort In might though wondrous ...
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... praise , praise for each other , for the garden , for God . If the language sounds formal and remote , that is Milton's point . How do people speak when they are perfectly happy ? We don't know , but in Milton's mind their elevated ...
... praise , praise for each other , for the garden , for God . If the language sounds formal and remote , that is Milton's point . How do people speak when they are perfectly happy ? We don't know , but in Milton's mind their elevated ...
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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