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 139
... episodes , all developed with unusual effectiveness . Following the open- ing lamentation by Satan , Milton presented in turn por- traits of the external and internal details of Paradise , de- scriptions of man's first parents , and ...
... episodes , all developed with unusual effectiveness . Following the open- ing lamentation by Satan , Milton presented in turn por- traits of the external and internal details of Paradise , de- scriptions of man's first parents , and ...
Page 286
... episodes which partially foreshadowed Book III of the epic , together with the description of the evening star of Book IV . Additions consisted in part of episodes which expanded the rĂ´le of Satan , including the Apostate's ' discourse ...
... episodes which partially foreshadowed Book III of the epic , together with the description of the evening star of Book IV . Additions consisted in part of episodes which expanded the rĂ´le of Satan , including the Apostate's ' discourse ...
Page 291
... episodes which open Book IV . The extent to which this tragedy , and particularly the Adam , contributed to the narrative sequence and episodes of Paradise Lost , becomes clear from tabulated comparison . In this comparison , the ...
... episodes which open Book IV . The extent to which this tragedy , and particularly the Adam , contributed to the narrative sequence and episodes of Paradise Lost , becomes clear from tabulated comparison . In this comparison , the ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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