Paradise Lost and Paradise RegainedHere in one volume are the complete texts of two of the greatest -and most controversial -epic poems in English literature, each a profound exploration of the moral problems of God's justice. Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained demonstrate Milton's genius for fusing sense and sound, classicism and innovation, narrative and drama, fortifying not merely our sense of what is beautiful but what is human as well. It leaves readers with no choice but to commit themselves totally with their minds and with their hearts. |
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Page xxiv
... God is said to have done is self - evidently good . " In any case , it is clear that Milton himself offers God's jus- tice , not as the donnée of the poem , but as its subject . His aspiration is to assert Eternal Providence , And ...
... God is said to have done is self - evidently good . " In any case , it is clear that Milton himself offers God's jus- tice , not as the donnée of the poem , but as its subject . His aspiration is to assert Eternal Providence , And ...
Page 151
... Gods , yet able to make Gods of Men : And why not Gods of Men , since good , the more Communicated , ° more abundant grows , The Author not impair'd , but honour'd more ? Here , happy Creature , fair Angelic Eve , Partake thou also ...
... Gods , yet able to make Gods of Men : And why not Gods of Men , since good , the more Communicated , ° more abundant grows , The Author not impair'd , but honour'd more ? Here , happy Creature , fair Angelic Eve , Partake thou also ...
Page 255
... Gods , Knowing both Good and Evil as they know . That ye should be as Gods , since I as Man , Internal Man , is but proportion meet , I of brute human , yee of human Gods . So ye shall die perhaps , by putting off Human , to put on Gods ...
... Gods , Knowing both Good and Evil as they know . That ye should be as Gods , since I as Man , Internal Man , is but proportion meet , I of brute human , yee of human Gods . So ye shall die perhaps , by putting off Human , to put on Gods ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
A General Note on the Text | xxxi |
A Note on This Edition | xxxiii |
Copyright | |
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Adam Angels answer'd appear'd arm'd Arms Asmodai aught Beast behold bliss call'd Cherubim Christopher Ricks Clouds Creatures dark Death deeds deep delight Divine dread dwell Earth Eternal Ev'ning evil eyes fair fall'n Father fear Fiend fierce fire Flow'rs Fruit Gates giv'n glory Gods grace hand happy hath heard heart Heav'n heav'nly heighth Hell Hill John Milton join'd King less lest light live mankind Messiah Milton Milton's God mind Morn Night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pleas'd poem praise rais'd reign repli'd return'd round Samson Agonistes Sapience Satan seat seem'd Serpent shalt sight Smectymnuus Son of God soon spake Spirits Stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought Throne thyself Tree turn'd vext virtue voice wand'ring whence William Empson wings words World