Regaining Paradise LostLongman, 1994 - 151 pages |
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... poetic idiom ; it is the most confident and ambitious assertion of English neoclassicism in literary art , and it proclaims the supremacy of vernacular Christian poetry over its pagan and classical models . In theological terms , while ...
... poetic idiom ; it is the most confident and ambitious assertion of English neoclassicism in literary art , and it proclaims the supremacy of vernacular Christian poetry over its pagan and classical models . In theological terms , while ...
Page 109
... Poet ' ( Spectator , 3.392 ) . Indeed , in the later eighteenth century so firmly does Milton become rooted as the dominant figure in the canon of English narrative poetry that to criticise him is to invite an accusation of unpatriotic ...
... Poet ' ( Spectator , 3.392 ) . Indeed , in the later eighteenth century so firmly does Milton become rooted as the dominant figure in the canon of English narrative poetry that to criticise him is to invite an accusation of unpatriotic ...
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... poetry , even translations , such as those of Chapman , of Greek or Latin classics . Revolutionarily , Milton opts for unrhymed verse . His reasons may well have been complex , and I have argued elsewhere that eschewing the exigencies ...
... poetry , even translations , such as those of Chapman , of Greek or Latin classics . Revolutionarily , Milton opts for unrhymed verse . His reasons may well have been complex , and I have argued elsewhere that eschewing the exigencies ...
Contents
The Holy Spirit | 23 |
The problem of Satan | 44 |
The private life of Adam and | 64 |
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