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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... perhaps held second place during the Renaissance . Other illustrious names include Ephraem , from whom Basil borrowed and repeated a num- ber of ideas ; and Gregory Nazianzen , principal source of Pisidias . We might easily develop an ...
... perhaps held second place during the Renaissance . Other illustrious names include Ephraem , from whom Basil borrowed and repeated a num- ber of ideas ; and Gregory Nazianzen , principal source of Pisidias . We might easily develop an ...
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... perhaps less than two working half - years ; 1655-58 , three full half - years ; and 1660-63 . The last period , at least three half - years in length , and according to Phillips's direct ac- count , apparently a somewhat longer time ...
... perhaps less than two working half - years ; 1655-58 , three full half - years ; and 1660-63 . The last period , at least three half - years in length , and according to Phillips's direct ac- count , apparently a somewhat longer time ...
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... perhaps proving this of Johnson by citing his habit of touching the posts which he passed . It might be more rational , however , to note that in much of Paradise Lost , the ideas and themes could not grow or flourish as might an ...
... perhaps proving this of Johnson by citing his habit of touching the posts which he passed . It might be more rational , however , to note that in much of Paradise Lost , the ideas and themes could not grow or flourish as might an ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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