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 292
... third quarter of Book IV , the first two - thirds of Book V and the first third of VIII , together with the final half of Book XI and slightly more than the initial half of XII . As I mentioned earlier , Milton omitted from Draft IV all ...
... third quarter of Book IV , the first two - thirds of Book V and the first third of VIII , together with the final half of Book XI and slightly more than the initial half of XII . As I mentioned earlier , Milton omitted from Draft IV all ...
Page 310
... third draft , set forth in this order the principal themes found in these sections of Paradise Lost : the second fourth of Book IV ; the latter two - thirds of Book VIII ; the first and final quarters of Book IV ; the latter third of ...
... third draft , set forth in this order the principal themes found in these sections of Paradise Lost : the second fourth of Book IV ; the latter two - thirds of Book VIII ; the first and final quarters of Book IV ; the latter third of ...
Page 318
... third draft . Without exception , Milton dropped from it every item suggestive of Book III . He also eliminated the evening star , whose ap- pearance he was to paint so effectively in the third quarter of Book IV ( 598 ff . ) . This ...
... third draft . Without exception , Milton dropped from it every item suggestive of Book III . He also eliminated the evening star , whose ap- pearance he was to paint so effectively in the third quarter of Book IV ( 598 ff . ) . This ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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