Reading Paradise Lost
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Casting a fresh perspective on the greatest long poem in English, David Hopkins guides the reader through the inspiring poetic landscape of Milton s great epic Paradise Lost, a work of literature which has compelled and fascinated readers down the ages and which offers enduring insight into the human condition
A welcome aesthetic focus on the poetic experience of reading Paradise Lost rather than its religious or political context
Provides a nuanced, unified vision of the poem from a celebrated authority on English poetry of the period
Includes consideration of the poem′s earlier champions and critics
Passionately advocates Paradise Lost′s continuing artistic and philosophical relevance
Specificaties
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<p>1 Paradise Lost: Poem or "Problem"? 1</p>
<p>2 God, Satan, and Adam 23</p>
<p>3 Eden 43</p>
<p>4 The Fall 63</p>
<p>Further Reading 85</p>
<p>Index to lines and passages from Paradise Lost 91</p>
<p>Index to main text and notes 93</p>

