The Critical Response to John Milton's Paradise LostTimothy Miller Bloomsbury Academic, 22 d’abr. 1997 - 337 pàgines Paradise Lost was recognized as a major epic poem soon after its publication in 1667. For more than three centuries, critics have been describing, interpreting, and evaluating it. Regardless of their approaches to changing literary values, they have generally accepted it as the prime example of the epic in English. As many critics have observed, the poem brought biblical, literary, cultural, social, scientific, and political elements into such aesthetic harmony that even its detractors have been forced to recognize its greatness. And because of its complexity, it has become a test case in literary studies as a focal point for changing critical assumptions and literary values. This reference book traces the critical reception of Paradise Lost from the 17th century to the present. The volume is organized in chapters devoted to particular centuries, with each chapter presenting a selection of reviews and critical essays from that period. Thus the reader is able to chart the changing response to ^IParadise Lost^R over time. An introductory essay summarizes the reception of Milton's work, and a bibliography lists important sources of additional information. |
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... considered it in relation to Milton's personal character and his political activities . Contrary most critics , he sympathized with the poet's politics . Furthermore , in his " Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost , " published ...
... considered its component parts , the sentiments and the diction . The sentiments , as expressive of manners , or appropriated to characters , are , for the greater part unexceptionably just . Splendid passages , containing lessons or ...
... considered as a sacred subject , the poet has been very sparing of moral instruction . In Milton every line breathes sanctity of thought , and purity of manners , except when the train of the narration requires the introduction of the ...
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Milton and the Telescope | 14 |
Dominant Residual | 18 |
An Essay Upon the Civil Wars of France And also Upon | 23 |
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