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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... brought to- gether in 1560 Avitus , Cyprian , Dracontius , Hilary , and Marius Victor . By the first decades of the Seventeenth Century , educated Europe had before it , and had turned to literary use , the bulk of the important early ...
... brought to- gether in 1560 Avitus , Cyprian , Dracontius , Hilary , and Marius Victor . By the first decades of the Seventeenth Century , educated Europe had before it , and had turned to literary use , the bulk of the important early ...
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... brought by centuries of writers , together with the prestige and emotional values which only long use can provide a literary tradition . The conventional literary treatment of Satan's rebellion and fall represented an evolutionary ...
... brought by centuries of writers , together with the prestige and emotional values which only long use can provide a literary tradition . The conventional literary treatment of Satan's rebellion and fall represented an evolutionary ...
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... brought Eve to the bower in Eden . She there decked her bridal bed , and heavenly choirs sung the hymenean . The two side by side were laid , nor turned , wrote Milton , ' Adam from his fair spouse , nor Eve the rites mysterious of ...
... brought Eve to the bower in Eden . She there decked her bridal bed , and heavenly choirs sung the hymenean . The two side by side were laid , nor turned , wrote Milton , ' Adam from his fair spouse , nor Eve the rites mysterious of ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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