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 158
... addition of a multiplicity of secondary conceptions . These varied conceptions , in keeping with others previously discussed , came largely from men primarily theologians , and passed directly or indirectly from them to a succession of ...
... addition of a multiplicity of secondary conceptions . These varied conceptions , in keeping with others previously discussed , came largely from men primarily theologians , and passed directly or indirectly from them to a succession of ...
Page 291
... addition personifications not uncommon to hexameral literature . Indeed , it was this literature rather than allegorical religious drama which dominated episode and characterization within Adam Unparadised . ' Several years ' prior to ...
... addition personifications not uncommon to hexameral literature . Indeed , it was this literature rather than allegorical religious drama which dominated episode and characterization within Adam Unparadised . ' Several years ' prior to ...
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... addition to Phillips's direct testimony , we have in Aubrey's Minutes of the Life of Mr. John Milton two brief ... additions state that ' other business ' diverted Milton from the tragedy , and , that he spent upon Paradise Lost four or ...
... addition to Phillips's direct testimony , we have in Aubrey's Minutes of the Life of Mr. John Milton two brief ... additions state that ' other business ' diverted Milton from the tragedy , and , that he spent upon Paradise Lost four or ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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