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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... literary tradition . The conventional literary treatment of Satan's rebellion and fall represented an evolutionary process conveniently divided into four stages . Throughout the first stage , com- mentators and theologians discovered ...
... literary tradition . The conventional literary treatment of Satan's rebellion and fall represented an evolutionary process conveniently divided into four stages . Throughout the first stage , com- mentators and theologians discovered ...
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... literary tradition of the early Seventeenth and preceding Centuries . This powerful lit- erary genre took its rise from the integrated contributions of unnumbered writers . Beginning as unrelated interpre- tations of scattered passages ...
... literary tradition of the early Seventeenth and preceding Centuries . This powerful lit- erary genre took its rise from the integrated contributions of unnumbered writers . Beginning as unrelated interpre- tations of scattered passages ...
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... literary treatments of the fall , but it probably was less literary influence and more that of com- mentaries and compendiums which made and kept such dis- putes traditional . In the latter type of work , quoting Bonaventure , one of ...
... literary treatments of the fall , but it probably was less literary influence and more that of com- mentaries and compendiums which made and kept such dis- putes traditional . In the latter type of work , quoting Bonaventure , one of ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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