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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... accept . Yet accept we must if we are to enjoy and understand ideal poetry . Like Satan , Milton's God arrives full of connotations , some of which were the preoccupations of Milton's religious age ; others were the preoccupations of ...
... accept . Yet accept we must if we are to enjoy and understand ideal poetry . Like Satan , Milton's God arrives full of connotations , some of which were the preoccupations of Milton's religious age ; others were the preoccupations of ...
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... accept death in old age as natural— “ So may'st thou live , till like ripe Fruit thou drop / Into thy Mother's lap " ( 11.535-36 ) ; after the Fall , the Father plants grace in Adam and Eve from which spiritual renewal begins : " See ...
... accept death in old age as natural— “ So may'st thou live , till like ripe Fruit thou drop / Into thy Mother's lap " ( 11.535-36 ) ; after the Fall , the Father plants grace in Adam and Eve from which spiritual renewal begins : " See ...
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... accept life on God's terms ; earlier they had accepted its joy , so now they must learn to accept i its sorrow as well . Later it is revealed to both that God's ways are more complex than they can conceive and that His power is ...
... accept life on God's terms ; earlier they had accepted its joy , so now they must learn to accept i its sorrow as well . Later it is revealed to both that God's ways are more complex than they can conceive and that His power is ...
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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