The Critical Response to John Milton's Paradise LostTimothy Miller Bloomsbury Academic, 22 apr 1997 - 337 pagina's 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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... Adam's happiness and his perfection ; but in every other respect we know much more than Adam . When , at the prospect of Creation , the angels sang , " Glory ... to the most High , good will / To future men , and in thir dwellings peace ...
... Adam's distorted view of unfallen Eve and allowed it to color their readings of the scenes before the Fall . These interpretations obscure both the symptoms of original sin revealed in Adam's invective and the nature of original ...
... Adam's protective instinct as a justification for staying ( line 327- 31 ) . If he had insisted on his desire to protect her from insult , he would indeed have undermined her freedom ; he would have acted as erroneously as the anti ...
Inhoudsopgave
Milton and the Telescope | 14 |
Dominant Residual | 18 |
An Essay Upon the Civil Wars of France And also Upon | 23 |
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