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 57
... later . The Divine Weeks described sugar cane as ' the Hes- perian plant , the precious reed , ' and in other verses both spoke of corn as a reed , and likened ' fields of corn ' to ' fields of combat . ' Preceding a section descriptive ...
... later . The Divine Weeks described sugar cane as ' the Hes- perian plant , the precious reed , ' and in other verses both spoke of corn as a reed , and likened ' fields of corn ' to ' fields of combat . ' Preceding a section descriptive ...
Page 60
... later the sun and moon , or the two great lights . The next section again described sun , moon , and stars , with each of the three conceived as a unit . The concluding section retained these three units unaltered and undivided . No ...
... later the sun and moon , or the two great lights . The next section again described sun , moon , and stars , with each of the three conceived as a unit . The concluding section retained these three units unaltered and undivided . No ...
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... later he voiced in IV , 32-41 . The single difference consisted in the use of glorious King rather than the later matchless King . By assigning to Satan the opening episode of the lost tragedy , Milton indicates elimination of those ...
... later he voiced in IV , 32-41 . The single difference consisted in the use of glorious King rather than the later matchless King . By assigning to Satan the opening episode of the lost tragedy , Milton indicates elimination of those ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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