Paradise Lost: An Account of Its Growth and Major OriginsRussell & Russell, 1963 - 362 pages Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books with minor revisions throughout. |
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Page 291
... Paradise Lost , Milton still thought of his chosen subject in terms of the dramatic form given it in the Adam . At this time , however , he in- troduced some changes , only one of which we know . The known change moved the entrance of ...
... Paradise Lost , Milton still thought of his chosen subject in terms of the dramatic form given it in the Adam . At this time , however , he in- troduced some changes , only one of which we know . The known change moved the entrance of ...
Page 305
... Paradise Lost there are about six verses of Satan's exclamation to the sun , which Mr. E. Ph . remembers , about fifteen or sixteen years before ever his poem was thought of , which verses were intended for the beginning of a tragedy ...
... Paradise Lost there are about six verses of Satan's exclamation to the sun , which Mr. E. Ph . remembers , about fifteen or sixteen years before ever his poem was thought of , which verses were intended for the beginning of a tragedy ...
Page 310
... VI . It is with this group of themes that Milton appears most likely to have begun , and for the purposes of analysis will be assigned to the initial period of 1652-53 . Since Milton began Book VII during 1660 , and from 310 PARADISE LOST.
... VI . It is with this group of themes that Milton appears most likely to have begun , and for the purposes of analysis will be assigned to the initial period of 1652-53 . Since Milton began Book VII during 1660 , and from 310 PARADISE LOST.
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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