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1 online resource (265 pages) |
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Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library |
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Longman medieval and Renaissance library.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Chapter 1 God; Earth and heaven, time and space; The Father and the Son; The Holy Spirit; Chapter 2 Good and Bad Angels; The physical properties of angels; The problem of Satan; Chapter 3 People; Knowing; The private life of Adam and Eve; The obligation of choice; Salvation; After the Fall; Chapter 4 Chaos and the Created World; Chaos, light and the deep; Nature and fecundity; Chapter 5 The English Epic; Neoclassicism and the English epic; The syntax of Paradise Lost; Narrative structure |
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Chapter 6 The Politics of Paradise LostMilton and the failed revolution; The legacy of revolution; The political animal; Republican and anti-clerical values; Further Reading; Index of Passages Discussed |
| Summary |
Paradise Lost is not merely the masterpiece of John Milton (1608-74) but a turning point in style and form, which had a profound influence on the poetry of the following century. Divided into two parts, this major survey begins by discussing the revolutionary characteristics of Paradise Lost in the context of contemporary literary norms and examines the theological, psychological, stylistic and narrative innovation in the poem. It then provides a fuller account of the complex, and now obscure political, and theological issues and other issues that Milton's poem addresses and soug |
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Print version record |
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Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.
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| SUBJECT |
Paradise lost (Milton, John) fast |
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Fall of man in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Fall of man in literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317898368 |
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1317898362 |
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