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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... poem completed after 1662 , its verses carried the thought of a man grown old for poetry . Yet the strength of maturity did not lack warm vitality , for both to Milton and the period his chosen subject ex- emplified the noble , the ...
... poem completed after 1662 , its verses carried the thought of a man grown old for poetry . Yet the strength of maturity did not lack warm vitality , for both to Milton and the period his chosen subject ex- emplified the noble , the ...
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... poem , and published it . in the year 1666 [ sic ] . Among other important details , Phillips stated that he had known the poem from its very beginning , and that during the early years of its composition Milton dictated his verses to ...
... poem , and published it . in the year 1666 [ sic ] . Among other important details , Phillips stated that he had known the poem from its very beginning , and that during the early years of its composition Milton dictated his verses to ...
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... poem's publication , the thought of that Aubrey employed in his ' fifteen or sixteen years before ever his poem was thought of . ' If so , I may quote a similar conclusion discovered after I had reached both hypothesis and ...
... poem's publication , the thought of that Aubrey employed in his ' fifteen or sixteen years before ever his poem was thought of . ' If so , I may quote a similar conclusion discovered after I had reached both hypothesis and ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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