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 16
... episodes according to their absolute chronological order , opening with the Exaltation of Christ and the consequent rebellion of Satan . Exactly how many days , or units of time , the action required , the poet failed to state ...
... episodes according to their absolute chronological order , opening with the Exaltation of Christ and the consequent rebellion of Satan . Exactly how many days , or units of time , the action required , the poet failed to state ...
Page 42
... episodes and many of the phrases found in the third day of Milton's conflict . If we add to this framework such details and minor conceptions as appear in Spenser , Valmarana , Valvasone , and Taubman , together with the tradition of ...
... episodes and many of the phrases found in the third day of Milton's conflict . If we add to this framework such details and minor conceptions as appear in Spenser , Valmarana , Valvasone , and Taubman , together with the tradition of ...
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... episodes , all developed with unusual effectiveness . Following the open- ing lamentation by Satan , Milton presented in turn por- traits of the external and internal details of Paradise , de- scriptions of man's first parents , and ...
... episodes , all developed with unusual effectiveness . Following the open- ing lamentation by Satan , Milton presented in turn por- traits of the external and internal details of Paradise , de- scriptions of man's first parents , and ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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