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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... verse in which the poem is written , blank verse or unrhymed iam- bic pentameter , has proved a model for later writers in that form be- cause of its consistency ( i.e. , not using triple feet , only duple ) , its flexibility ( blank verse ...
... verse in which the poem is written , blank verse or unrhymed iam- bic pentameter , has proved a model for later writers in that form be- cause of its consistency ( i.e. , not using triple feet , only duple ) , its flexibility ( blank verse ...
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... verse further variety , Milton varies the place where the major pause ( caesura ) in each line occurs . Usually the sense runs over the end of one line into another , drawing the reader through many lines , till punctuation gives relief ...
... verse further variety , Milton varies the place where the major pause ( caesura ) in each line occurs . Usually the sense runs over the end of one line into another , drawing the reader through many lines , till punctuation gives relief ...
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... Verses , which several Years before the Poem was begun [ Aubrey says 15 or 16 ; c . 1642 ] , were shewn to me , and some others , as designed for the very beginning of the said Tragedy . The Verses are these ; O Thou that with ...
... Verses , which several Years before the Poem was begun [ Aubrey says 15 or 16 ; c . 1642 ] , were shewn to me , and some others , as designed for the very beginning of the said Tragedy . The Verses are these ; O Thou that with ...
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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