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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... literature . As Mr. Frank E. Robbins , Maury Thi- baut de Maisières , and George Coffin Taylor have shown with such illumination , it is this genre which the epic chiefly follows in general scope and major divisions . Defined strictly ...
... literature . As Mr. Frank E. Robbins , Maury Thi- baut de Maisières , and George Coffin Taylor have shown with such illumination , it is this genre which the epic chiefly follows in general scope and major divisions . Defined strictly ...
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... literature . There were of course such notable exceptions as the Paradise ( De Par- adiso ) , and perhaps the Hexameron written by the ninth- century Syrian Bishop , Moses Bar Cepha . The major in- crements seemingly came through the ...
... literature . There were of course such notable exceptions as the Paradise ( De Par- adiso ) , and perhaps the Hexameron written by the ninth- century Syrian Bishop , Moses Bar Cepha . The major in- crements seemingly came through the ...
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... literature are ' knee- tribute ' and ' supple knee , ' based upon Shakespeare's 2 Richard , I , iv ; the ' sun - bright chariot ' of Sylvester's Du Bartas , I , i ; and ' the matin trumpet sung ' of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered , XI , 19 ...
... literature are ' knee- tribute ' and ' supple knee , ' based upon Shakespeare's 2 Richard , I , iv ; the ' sun - bright chariot ' of Sylvester's Du Bartas , I , i ; and ' the matin trumpet sung ' of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered , XI , 19 ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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