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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... Hell make it seem that it is always Hell , and never Heaven , which makes the running ? The Council in Hell ( Book II ) is meant to be , in a sense , a diabolical parody of the Council in Heaven ( Book III ) -but does it inadvertently ...
... Hell make it seem that it is always Hell , and never Heaven , which makes the running ? The Council in Hell ( Book II ) is meant to be , in a sense , a diabolical parody of the Council in Heaven ( Book III ) -but does it inadvertently ...
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... Hell Receive thy new Possessor : One who brings A mind not to be chang'd by Place or Time . The mind is its own place , and in itself 255 Can make a Heav'n of Hell , a Hell of Heav'n . What matter where , if I be still the same , And ...
... Hell Receive thy new Possessor : One who brings A mind not to be chang'd by Place or Time . The mind is its own place , and in itself 255 Can make a Heav'n of Hell , a Hell of Heav'n . What matter where , if I be still the same , And ...
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... Hell advance To waste and havoc yonder World , which I So fair and good created , and had still Kept in that state , had not the folly of Man 620 Let in these wasteful Furies , who impute Folly to mee , so doth the Prince of Hell And ...
... Hell advance To waste and havoc yonder World , which I So fair and good created , and had still Kept in that state , had not the folly of Man 620 Let in these wasteful Furies , who impute Folly to mee , so doth the Prince of Hell And ...
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