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 68
... Raphael's visit to Adam was both to warn him against Satan , and to provide him with essential knowledge . In assigning to Raphael , and subsequently to Michael , both the function of instructing Adam , and of conveying to him the ...
... Raphael's visit to Adam was both to warn him against Satan , and to provide him with essential knowledge . In assigning to Raphael , and subsequently to Michael , both the function of instructing Adam , and of conveying to him the ...
Page 319
... Raphael and heard by Adam and Eve , the three characters of the first parts of the book . With one exception , Raphael's narrative in this and the succeeding Book VI is in the third person , and could have been presented by the chorus ...
... Raphael and heard by Adam and Eve , the three characters of the first parts of the book . With one exception , Raphael's narrative in this and the succeeding Book VI is in the third person , and could have been presented by the chorus ...
Page 320
... Raphael inform Adam of Raphael's valorous deeds , to say nothing of his refusal for modesty's sake to catalog additional comrades in arms . Under such a plan as that of Adam Unparadised , where ' the chorus sings of the battle and ...
... Raphael inform Adam of Raphael's valorous deeds , to say nothing of his refusal for modesty's sake to catalog additional comrades in arms . Under such a plan as that of Adam Unparadised , where ' the chorus sings of the battle and ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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