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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... further expansion and di- versification . Among its important forms was that which Thibaut termed ' the celestial cycle , ' a trilogy which de- scribed the rebellion and battle in heaven , creation of the world , and the fall of man ...
... further expansion and di- versification . Among its important forms was that which Thibaut termed ' the celestial cycle , ' a trilogy which de- scribed the rebellion and battle in heaven , creation of the world , and the fall of man ...
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... further example of the council in hell tradition may be had from Phineas Fletcher , who several decades prior to Paradise Lost painted a scene comparable to Milton's . In the opening canto of the Apollyonists we meet ' a full foul ...
... further example of the council in hell tradition may be had from Phineas Fletcher , who several decades prior to Paradise Lost painted a scene comparable to Milton's . In the opening canto of the Apollyonists we meet ' a full foul ...
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... further argument held that since God declared everything ' was very good ' at the end of the sixth day , Adam had not been judged and expelled . Pareus and others argued that because God blessed the Sabbath , or seventh day , ' man ...
... further argument held that since God declared everything ' was very good ' at the end of the sixth day , Adam had not been judged and expelled . Pareus and others argued that because God blessed the Sabbath , or seventh day , ' man ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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