Paradise LostParadise Lost, by John Milton, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
As a young student, John Milton fantasized about bringing the poetic elocution of Homer and Virgil to the English language. Milton realized this dream with his graceful, sonorous Paradise Lost, now considered the most influential epic poem in English literature. A retelling of the biblical story of mankind's fall from grace, Milton's epic opens shortly after the dramatic expulsion of Satan and his army of angels from Heaven. What follows is a cosmic battle between good and evil that ranges across vast, splendid tracts of time and space, from the wild abyss of Chaos and the fiery lake of Hell to the Gate of Heaven and God's newly created paradise, the Garden of Eden. Controversy still swirls around Milton's magnificent and sympathetic characterization of Satan, a portrait so compelling that many critics have maintained that he is the true hero of the story. David Hawkes is Associate Professor of English at Lehigh University. His books include Idols of the Marketplace (2001) and Ideology (second edition, 2003), and he has contributed articles to The Nation, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Journal of the History of Ideas. |
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Page 78
... light , And never but in an unapproached light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of bright essence increate ; 2 Or hearest thou rather pure ethereal stream , Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun ...
... light , And never but in an unapproached light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of bright essence increate ; 2 Or hearest thou rather pure ethereal stream , Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun ...
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... light from hence , though but reflected , shines ; 722 That place is Earth , the seat of man ; that light His day , which else , as th'other hemisphere , 725 Night would invade ; but there the neighb'ring moon ( So call that opposite ...
... light from hence , though but reflected , shines ; 722 That place is Earth , the seat of man ; that light His day , which else , as th'other hemisphere , 725 Night would invade ; but there the neighb'ring moon ( So call that opposite ...
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... light was good ; And light from darkness by the hemisphere 250 255 Divided : light the day , and darkness night He nam'd . Thus was the first day even and morn . Nor pass'd uncelebrated , nor unsung By the celestial choirs , when orient ...
... light was good ; And light from darkness by the hemisphere 250 255 Divided : light the day , and darkness night He nam'd . Thus was the first day even and morn . Nor pass'd uncelebrated , nor unsung By the celestial choirs , when orient ...
Contents
The World of John Milton and Paradise Lost | ix |
Contents Book I | 9 |
Book IV | 105 |
Copyright | |
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