Milton's Epic Voice: The Narrator in Paradise Lost

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University of Chicago Press, Oct 15, 1983 - Literary Criticism - 187 pages
Although Paradise Lost is one of the greatest poems in the English language, it is also among the most difficult and intimidating, especially to unsophisticated readers. One of the most accessible critical studies of Paradise Lost—and one frequently recommended by those teaching Milton—is Anne Ferry's Milton's Epic Voice.

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Contents

The Question of Meaning
1
I Tone The Bird and the Blind Bard
20
II Point of View and Comment
44
III Simile and Catalogue
67
IV Sacred Metaphor
88
V Allegory and Parody
116
VI Vision as Structure
147
Conclusion
179
Notes
183
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Anne Ferry is professor of English at Boston College.

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