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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... Milton , ' Adam from his fair spouse , nor Eve the rites mysterious of connubial love refused . ' In Book VIII of the epic , after the Creator had brought Eve to Adam , Milton partially repeated this scene . Adam again led Eve ...
... Milton , ' Adam from his fair spouse , nor Eve the rites mysterious of connubial love refused . ' In Book VIII of the epic , after the Creator had brought Eve to Adam , Milton partially repeated this scene . Adam again led Eve ...
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... Milton's Use of the Vision of Er , ' Modern Philology , XXXVI ( 1939 ) , 351-358 . Bush , J. N. Douglas , Mythology ... Milton , ' Anglia , LIV ( 1930 ) , 213-268 . Eliot , T. S. , ' A Note on the Verse of John Milton , ' Essays and ...
... Milton's Use of the Vision of Er , ' Modern Philology , XXXVI ( 1939 ) , 351-358 . Bush , J. N. Douglas , Mythology ... Milton , ' Anglia , LIV ( 1930 ) , 213-268 . Eliot , T. S. , ' A Note on the Verse of John Milton , ' Essays and ...
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... Milton and the Telescope , ' ELH , II ( 1935 ) , 1-32 . ' Milton's Hell and the Phlegraean Fields , ' University of Toronto Quarterly , VII ( 1938 ) , 500-513 . " The Spirit World of Milton and More , ' Studies in Phil- ology , XXII ...
... Milton and the Telescope , ' ELH , II ( 1935 ) , 1-32 . ' Milton's Hell and the Phlegraean Fields , ' University of Toronto Quarterly , VII ( 1938 ) , 500-513 . " The Spirit World of Milton and More , ' Studies in Phil- ology , XXII ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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