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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... epic in his poem , its primary genre is the epic , though as Milton himself knew , the epic was dying out as a literary genre by the middle of his century ( PL 9.44 ) . The epic was considered the highest form of literary art by most ...
... epic in his poem , its primary genre is the epic , though as Milton himself knew , the epic was dying out as a literary genre by the middle of his century ( PL 9.44 ) . The epic was considered the highest form of literary art by most ...
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... epic , thereby suggesting that one learned to compose epic poetry by imita- tion and emulation of preferred sources . In his Reason of Church Gov- ernment , he writes : " Time servs not now , and perhaps I might seem too profuse to give ...
... epic , thereby suggesting that one learned to compose epic poetry by imita- tion and emulation of preferred sources . In his Reason of Church Gov- ernment , he writes : " Time servs not now , and perhaps I might seem too profuse to give ...
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... epic poet's connection to earlier epics . I will not attempt to be defini- tive , but I shall list some of the most significant epic conventions . I have adapted the first seven from Hanford's A Milton Handbook ; 28 the last twelve are ...
... epic poet's connection to earlier epics . I will not attempt to be defini- tive , but I shall list some of the most significant epic conventions . I have adapted the first seven from Hanford's A Milton Handbook ; 28 the last twelve are ...
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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