Paradise Lost and Paradise RegainedHere in one volume are the complete texts of two of the greatest -and most controversial -epic poems in English literature, each a profound exploration of the moral problems of God's justice. Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained demonstrate Milton's genius for fusing sense and sound, classicism and innovation, narrative and drama, fortifying not merely our sense of what is beautiful but what is human as well. It leaves readers with no choice but to commit themselves totally with their minds and with their hearts. |
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Page xiv
... sense of what is beautiful , but our sense of what is human . Yet this , in some degree , must be true of all good poets . What is more immediately true of Milton is that he leaves his readers no choice but to commit themselves with ...
... sense of what is beautiful , but our sense of what is human . Yet this , in some degree , must be true of all good poets . What is more immediately true of Milton is that he leaves his readers no choice but to commit themselves with ...
Page xx
... sense , with its mingling of the very solid ( armor and chariots ) with the incorporeal angels ? And if it doesn't make sense , is that somehow the point ? Arnold Stein15 has argued that the whole episode is meant to be ludicrously ...
... sense , with its mingling of the very solid ( armor and chariots ) with the incorporeal angels ? And if it doesn't make sense , is that somehow the point ? Arnold Stein15 has argued that the whole episode is meant to be ludicrously ...
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... sense , Reasoning to admiration , and with mee Persuasively hath so prevail'd , that I Have also tasted , and have also found Th'effects to correspond , opener mine Eyes , Dim erst , dilated Spirits , ampler Heart , And growing up to ...
... sense , Reasoning to admiration , and with mee Persuasively hath so prevail'd , that I Have also tasted , and have also found Th'effects to correspond , opener mine Eyes , Dim erst , dilated Spirits , ampler Heart , And growing up to ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
A General Note on the Text | xxxi |
A Note on This Edition | xxxiii |
Copyright | |
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Adam Angels answer'd appear'd arm'd Arms Asmodai aught Beast behold bliss call'd Cherubim Christopher Ricks Clouds Creatures dark Death deeds deep delight Divine dread dwell Earth Eternal Ev'ning evil eyes fair fall'n Father fear Fiend fierce fire Flow'rs Fruit Gates giv'n glory Gods grace hand happy hath heard heart Heav'n heav'nly heighth Hell Hill John Milton join'd King less lest light live mankind Messiah Milton Milton's God mind Morn Night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pleas'd poem praise rais'd reign repli'd return'd round Samson Agonistes Sapience Satan seat seem'd Serpent shalt sight Smectymnuus Son of God soon spake Spirits Stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought Throne thyself Tree turn'd vext virtue voice wand'ring whence William Empson wings words World