Paradise Lost: An Account of Its Growth and Major OriginsParadise 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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... poet's general indebtedness to such literature raises a further important question : Did Milton employ it eclec- tically , creating an individual pattern from widely chosen details ? Our available evidence indicates that he did not ...
... poet's general indebtedness to such literature raises a further important question : Did Milton employ it eclec- tically , creating an individual pattern from widely chosen details ? Our available evidence indicates that he did not ...
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... poet as might have composed Paradise Lost . He who writes of weighty themes , said Milton , must live sparingly , and find his simple food in herbs . His drink shall be crystal water in a beechen cup . His youth will embrace no evil ...
... poet as might have composed Paradise Lost . He who writes of weighty themes , said Milton , must live sparingly , and find his simple food in herbs . His drink shall be crystal water in a beechen cup . His youth will embrace no evil ...
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... poet than of the embryo scholar developing a dissertation . It ignores in addition a variety of facts . The first is that Milton had a regular amanuensis before , during , and after 1658 , so that Phillips's description of the parcels ...
... poet than of the embryo scholar developing a dissertation . It ignores in addition a variety of facts . The first is that Milton had a regular amanuensis before , during , and after 1658 , so that Phillips's description of the parcels ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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