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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... nature of nature , free will , sex , domestic happiness and domestic hell , human history and divine love , the nature of power and the pretexts of rebel- lion , the interpretation of dreams , the tragedy and naturalness of death , and ...
... nature of nature , free will , sex , domestic happiness and domestic hell , human history and divine love , the nature of power and the pretexts of rebel- lion , the interpretation of dreams , the tragedy and naturalness of death , and ...
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... natures . We see them in the world but not in their pure states . Sin is the chorus hymning as well as being part of ... nature . Perhaps we find the anthropological roots of original sin here . As Sin and Death become themselves , they ...
... natures . We see them in the world but not in their pure states . Sin is the chorus hymning as well as being part of ... nature . Perhaps we find the anthropological roots of original sin here . As Sin and Death become themselves , they ...
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... natural sweep of the verse that he claimed was brought by the nocturnal muse . Yet Milton's achievement is very much ... nature of epic , never mind divine epic , required elevation of diction and syntax . The danger is bombast . A poet ...
... natural sweep of the verse that he claimed was brought by the nocturnal muse . Yet Milton's achievement is very much ... nature of epic , never mind divine epic , required elevation of diction and syntax . The danger is bombast . A poet ...
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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