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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... perfect and consummate Virtue falls into a Misfortune , it raises our Pity , but not our Terror , because we do not fear that it maybe our own Case , who do not resemble the Suffering Person . ' But as that great Philosopher adds , ' If ...
... perfect in the Epic way of Writing , because it is filled with less Action . Let the Reader compare what Longinus has observed on several Passages of Homer , and he will find Parallels for most of them in the Paradise Lost . From what ...
... perfect ; I suppose , because it is most proper to stir up the Passions of the Reader , and to surprize him with a greater variety of Accidents . The Implex Fable is therefore of two kinds : In the first the chief Actor makes his way ...
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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