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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... poem completed after 1662 , its verses carried the thought of a man grown old for poetry . Yet the strength of maturity did not lack warm vitality , for both to Milton and the period his chosen subject ex- emplified the noble , the ...
... poem completed after 1662 , its verses carried the thought of a man grown old for poetry . Yet the strength of maturity did not lack warm vitality , for both to Milton and the period his chosen subject ex- emplified the noble , the ...
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... poem : ' I had the perusal of it from the very beginning for some years as I went from time to time to visit him . ' The expression for some years describes a period of time greater than two years . Since Milton had a regular amanuensis ...
... poem : ' I had the perusal of it from the very beginning for some years as I went from time to time to visit him . ' The expression for some years describes a period of time greater than two years . Since Milton had a regular amanuensis ...
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... poem was thought of , which verses were intended for the beginning of a tragedy which he had designed , but was ... poem about the year 1663. The partial differences claim that Milton began the epic about 1658 , that Satan's Address ...
... poem was thought of , which verses were intended for the beginning of a tragedy which he had designed , but was ... poem about the year 1663. The partial differences claim that Milton began the epic about 1658 , that Satan's Address ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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