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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... reader . At the climax of the temptation Satan hurls a series of illogicalities at Eve in order to fuddle her will by rocking her confidence : just as he , the serpent , rose in the chain of being to the level of speech , so Eve shall ...
... reader . At the climax of the temptation Satan hurls a series of illogicalities at Eve in order to fuddle her will by rocking her confidence : just as he , the serpent , rose in the chain of being to the level of speech , so Eve shall ...
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... reader . When Adam requests Raphael to relate the story of the war in heaven , the problem for Adam is similar to that for the reader : neither have any first - hand experience of life in heaven . A Platonic duality emerges between the ...
... reader . When Adam requests Raphael to relate the story of the war in heaven , the problem for Adam is similar to that for the reader : neither have any first - hand experience of life in heaven . A Platonic duality emerges between the ...
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... reader . Much has been said about Milton's style and its marked difference from speech , both and con , but we must remember the great difficulties that Milton sur- mounted in attempting to create the sublime style in English almost ...
... reader . Much has been said about Milton's style and its marked difference from speech , both and con , but we must remember the great difficulties that Milton sur- mounted in attempting to create the sublime style in English almost ...
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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