Paradise LostParadise Lost, by John Milton, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
As a young student, John Milton fantasized about bringing the poetic elocution of Homer and Virgil to the English language. Milton realized this dream with his graceful, sonorous Paradise Lost, now considered the most influential epic poem in English literature. A retelling of the biblical story of mankind's fall from grace, Milton's epic opens shortly after the dramatic expulsion of Satan and his army of angels from Heaven. What follows is a cosmic battle between good and evil that ranges across vast, splendid tracts of time and space, from the wild abyss of Chaos and the fiery lake of Hell to the Gate of Heaven and God's newly created paradise, the Garden of Eden. Controversy still swirls around Milton's magnificent and sympathetic characterization of Satan, a portrait so compelling that many critics have maintained that he is the true hero of the story. David Hawkes is Associate Professor of English at Lehigh University. His books include Idols of the Marketplace (2001) and Ideology (second edition, 2003), and he has contributed articles to The Nation, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Journal of the History of Ideas. |
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Page 140
... Lest on the threshing - floor his hopeful sheaves 985 Prove chaff . On th'other side , Satan , alarm'd , 986 Collecting all his might , dilated stood , Like Teneriff or Atlas unremov'd : 990 992 994 995 998 His stature reach'd the sky ...
... Lest on the threshing - floor his hopeful sheaves 985 Prove chaff . On th'other side , Satan , alarm'd , 986 Collecting all his might , dilated stood , Like Teneriff or Atlas unremov'd : 990 992 994 995 998 His stature reach'd the sky ...
Page 333
... lest all I cannot die Both " lest in spite of everything I cannot die " and " lest not all of me can die . " 784 spirit Soul . 786 corporeal clod The body . 791 properly Naturally ; the body is not in- trinsically sinful , any more than ...
... lest all I cannot die Both " lest in spite of everything I cannot die " and " lest not all of me can die . " 784 spirit Soul . 786 corporeal clod The body . 791 properly Naturally ; the body is not in- trinsically sinful , any more than ...
Page 349
... lest they faint At the sad sentence rigorously urg'd , For I behold them soften'd and with tears Bewailing their excess , all terror hide . If patiently thy bidding they obey , Dismiss them not disconsolate ; reveal To Adam what shall ...
... lest they faint At the sad sentence rigorously urg'd , For I behold them soften'd and with tears Bewailing their excess , all terror hide . If patiently thy bidding they obey , Dismiss them not disconsolate ; reveal To Adam what shall ...
Contents
The World of John Milton and Paradise Lost | ix |
Contents Book I | 9 |
Book IV | 105 |
Copyright | |
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