Regaining Paradise LostRoutledge, 2014 M01 21 - 176 pages Paradise Lost is not merely the masterpiece of John Milton (1608-74) but a turning point in style and form, which had a profound influence on the poetry of the following century. Divided into two parts, this major survey begins by discussing the revolutionary characteristics of Paradise Lost in the context of contemporary literary norms and examines the theological, psychological, stylistic and narrative innovation in the poem. It then provides a fuller account of the complex, and now obscure political, and theological issues and other issues that Milton's poem addresses and sought to resolve. It concludes by examining the themes discussed in the light of the influence of the poem on the tradition of English literature. |
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... Fall Chapter 4 Chaos and the Created World Chaos, light and the deep Nature and fecundity Chapter 5 The English Epic Neoclassicism and the English epic The syntax of Paradise Lost Narrative structure Chapter 6 The Politics of Paradise ...
... fall (1.679-84). Satan views the earth for the first time; the reader, who of course regards it daily from a terrestrial perspective, is invited to view it afresh, as if from a remote position in space. After the horrors Satan and ...
... Fall the most important roles of the deity. Milton writes after the Atonement; the incarnate Son has discharged the larger debt incurred at the fall of Adam and Eve; the godly must now merely endure and await the inevitable reward ...
... fall, if they chose to cooperate with it; on grace, see below, Chapter 3.) But it also promises a restoration to paradise. What does Milton mean? Is he equating the new earth promised in the Book of Revelations (Rev. 21:1) with the lost ...
... Fall, it seemed quite close, the golden chain that links them apparent to incoming Satan and imaginable by Milton and his readers. The prospect before Adam and Eve is bounded by the now rather desolate horizons of the fallen world. The ...