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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... literary standing . I As with his contemporaries , Milton thought epic poetry the highest form of literary art . It required a lifetime of study and preparation . For more than three centuries , critics have been describing ...
... literary development during the last two centuries or so , we have received an intensive training in the business of estimating the sort of literary problem that is radical in Paradise Lost . We have acquired , in plain fact - through ...
... literary point of view , these songs are partial . They may be thought to answer why science is there , but not how ; or if how , then they do not answer in literary terms . A poem about a whale or a planet will embody a good deal of ...
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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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