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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 138
... thou still , presumptuous , till the wrath , Which thou incurr'st by flying , meet thy flight Sevenfold , and scourge that wisdom back to hell , Which taught thee yet no better , that no pain Can equal anger infinite provok'd . But ...
... thou still , presumptuous , till the wrath , Which thou incurr'st by flying , meet thy flight Sevenfold , and scourge that wisdom back to hell , Which taught thee yet no better , that no pain Can equal anger infinite provok'd . But ...
Page 187
... thou with wind 282 Of airy threats to awe whom yet with deeds Thou canst not . Hast thou turn'd the least of these To flight , or if to fall , but that they rise 285 Unvanquish'd , easier to transact with me That thou shouldst hope ...
... thou with wind 282 Of airy threats to awe whom yet with deeds Thou canst not . Hast thou turn'd the least of these To flight , or if to fall , but that they rise 285 Unvanquish'd , easier to transact with me That thou shouldst hope ...
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... thou saidst ? Too facile then thou didst not much gainsay , Nay didst permit , approve , and fair dismiss . Hadst thou been firm and fixt in thy dissent , Neither had I transgress'd , nor thou with me . To whom then first incens'd ...
... thou saidst ? Too facile then thou didst not much gainsay , Nay didst permit , approve , and fair dismiss . Hadst thou been firm and fixt in thy dissent , Neither had I transgress'd , nor thou with me . To whom then first incens'd ...
Contents
The World of John Milton and Paradise Lost | ix |
Contents Book I | 9 |
Book IV | 105 |
Copyright | |
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