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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... writing a poem he could speak more directly of himself than in prose : " For although a Poet soaring in the high region of his fancies with his garland and singing robes about him might without apology speak more of himself then I mean ...
... writing a poem he could speak more directly of himself than in prose : " For although a Poet soaring in the high region of his fancies with his garland and singing robes about him might without apology speak more of himself then I mean ...
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... writing , Milton be- lieved in mastering completely the conventions of a literary form , con- ventions gathered from both the theory and the practice of earlier great critics and poets . Milton still followed the impulse given to lit ...
... writing , Milton be- lieved in mastering completely the conventions of a literary form , con- ventions gathered from both the theory and the practice of earlier great critics and poets . Milton still followed the impulse given to lit ...
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... writer presents so many ideas with such intelligence , dignity , and force , we think and feel , even if we disagree with him . The great author wins our trust through his intellectual integrity . A third quality is originality . In ...
... writer presents so many ideas with such intelligence , dignity , and force , we think and feel , even if we disagree with him . The great author wins our trust through his intellectual integrity . A third quality is originality . In ...
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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