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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... things which have an immediate Relation to the Wonders of another World ; of most of which we shall give Examples , when we come to speak of Terror , because they are rather wonderful , than they are admirable . We name those things ...
... Things may be described by a Man's self in parts so as to make a grand whole which that Man himself would scarcely inform to its excess . A Poet can seldom have justice done to his imagination— for men are as distinct in their ...
... things to come , borrowed from Ariosto ( things unattempted yet ) , and how till one greater Man makes us feel we are about to read an epic that spans over the whole of history with its arch . All images that can suggest a great thing ...
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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