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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... Four years after the second of these editions came the work of Marius Victor , and in 1558 the hexameron of Justinus , with a French translation . A single volume brought to- gether in 1560 Avitus , Cyprian , Dracontius , Hilary , and ...
... Four years after the second of these editions came the work of Marius Victor , and in 1558 the hexameron of Justinus , with a French translation . A single volume brought to- gether in 1560 Avitus , Cyprian , Dracontius , Hilary , and ...
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... four stages dis- cussed . On the whole , the two latter steps proved the more important . Without entering upon the difficult ques- tion of the immediate sources utilized , we may say that Milton could have developed the battle from a ...
... four stages dis- cussed . On the whole , the two latter steps proved the more important . Without entering upon the difficult ques- tion of the immediate sources utilized , we may say that Milton could have developed the battle from a ...
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... four books of the history had been completed . The drama outlined as Adam Unparadised then stood alone among the subjects which he tentatively had selected for the work which posterity should long cherish . The Trinity manuscript ...
... four books of the history had been completed . The drama outlined as Adam Unparadised then stood alone among the subjects which he tentatively had selected for the work which posterity should long cherish . The Trinity manuscript ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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