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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... present Glory of our Stage , and the Model of the same to future Ages ; for his ( having absolutely master'd these three Originals by framing a Tragedy out of Paradise Lost , making the Charms of VIRGIL appear in the English Tongue ...
... present objection . It is true , there is little action in this part of Milton's poem ; but there is much repose , and more enjoyment . There are none of the every - day occurrences , contentions , disputes , wars , fightings , feuds ...
... present day , whether it is not an error to assert that the finest passages of poetry are produced by labour and study . The toil and the delay recommended by critics , can be justly interpreted to mean no more than a careful ...
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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