The Critical Response to John Milton's Paradise LostTimothy Miller Bloomsbury Academic, 1997 M04 22 - 337 pages Paradise Lost was recognized as a major epic poem soon after its publication in 1667. For more than three centuries, critics have been describing, interpreting, and evaluating it. Regardless of their approaches to changing literary values, they have generally accepted it as the prime example of the epic in English. As many critics have observed, the poem brought biblical, literary, cultural, social, scientific, and political elements into such aesthetic harmony that even its detractors have been forced to recognize its greatness. And because of its complexity, it has become a test case in literary studies as a focal point for changing critical assumptions and literary values. This reference book traces the critical reception of Paradise Lost from the 17th century to the present. The volume is organized in chapters devoted to particular centuries, with each chapter presenting a selection of reviews and critical essays from that period. Thus the reader is able to chart the changing response to ^IParadise Lost^R over time. An introductory essay summarizes the reception of Milton's work, and a bibliography lists important sources of additional information. |
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... give Examples , when we come to speak of Terror , because they are rather wonderful , than they are admirable . We ... give Spirit and Soul to them [ 3.576-579 ] . And in that noble Apostrophe to the Sun , the Devil makes in the ...
... give the last Force and Elevation to Poetry ; we shall now endeavour to convince the Reader , that Poetry is proper , if not necessary , to give Force to that Religion . For indeed there are Duties in this Religion , which cannot be ...
... give the devil his due . Some persons may think that he has carried his liberality too far , and injured the cause he professed to espouse by making him the chief person in his poem . Considering the nature of his subject , he would be ...
Contents
Milton and the Telescope | 14 |
Dominant Residual | 18 |
An Essay Upon the Civil Wars of France And also Upon | 23 |
Copyright | |
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