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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Ideal and Tragic Epic Francis C. Blessington. I Historical Context The historical context of Paradise Lost comprises the biographical , literary , political , and religious aspects of Milton's life . During the seventeenth century ...
Ideal and Tragic Epic Francis C. Blessington. I Historical Context The historical context of Paradise Lost comprises the biographical , literary , political , and religious aspects of Milton's life . During the seventeenth century ...
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... context which we can share . Through the stim- ulation of our senses we experience something like life , but in an un- real world : a world of sounds , or sights , or words . I shall isolate five qualities that I think make Paradise ...
... context which we can share . Through the stim- ulation of our senses we experience something like life , but in an un- real world : a world of sounds , or sights , or words . I shall isolate five qualities that I think make Paradise ...
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... context does not end here , a fact that leads to the second quality for a great work : depth . Masterpieces resonate through other things that we know both in literature and in life . Milton's compre- hensive context is part of this ...
... context does not end here , a fact that leads to the second quality for a great work : depth . Masterpieces resonate through other things that we know both in literature and in life . Milton's compre- hensive context is part of this ...
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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