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 21
... resulting battle in heaven , Milton devoted one - eighth of Paradise Lost . By placing such emphasis upon the revolt of ... result that Scripture continued to pro- vide forced interpretations long after the battle in heaven had become an ...
... resulting battle in heaven , Milton devoted one - eighth of Paradise Lost . By placing such emphasis upon the revolt of ... result that Scripture continued to pro- vide forced interpretations long after the battle in heaven had become an ...
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... result . Few readers of the present age know the hexameral liter- ature , particularly its long tradition of imitation and borrowing . Again , we forget easily the historical common- place that from pre - Chaucerian days through the ...
... result . Few readers of the present age know the hexameral liter- ature , particularly its long tradition of imitation and borrowing . Again , we forget easily the historical common- place that from pre - Chaucerian days through the ...
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... result is that on one hand we meet discrepancies between divisions of the epic included in the draft and those not foreshadowed by it . On the other , discrepancies occur between parts of the poem writ- ten before 1660 , and other parts ...
... result is that on one hand we meet discrepancies between divisions of the epic included in the draft and those not foreshadowed by it . On the other , discrepancies occur between parts of the poem writ- ten before 1660 , and other parts ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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