Regaining Paradise lost

Author(s)

• Corns, Thomas N.

Bibliographic Information

Regaining Paradise lost

Thomas N. Corns

（Longman medieval and Renaissance library）

Longman, 1994

• : hrd
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [144]-148

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780582066205

Description

Paradise Lost is not merely the masterpiece of John Milton (1608-74) but a turning point in style and form, which had a profound influence on the poetry of the following century. Divided into two parts, this major survey begins by discussing the revolutionary characteristics of Paradise Lost in the context of contemporary literary norms and examines the theological, psychological, stylistic and narrative innovation in the poem. It then provides a fuller account of the complex, and now obscure political, and theological issues and other issues that Milton's poem addresses and sought to resolve. It concludes by examining the themes discussed in the light of the influence of the poem on the tradition of English literature.

Table of Contents

• 1. God: Earth and heaven, time and space
• the Father and the Son
• the Holy Spirit 2. Good and bad angels: the physical properties of angels
• the problem of Satan 3. People: knowing
• the private life of Adam and Eve
• the obligation of choice
• salvation
• after the fall 4.Chaos and the created world: chaos, light and the deep
• nature and fecundity 5. The English epic: neoclassicism and the English epic
• the syntax of "Paradise Lost"
• narrative structure 6. The politics of "Paradise Lost": Milton and the failed revolution
• the legacy of revolution
• the political animal
• republican and anti-clerical values.

Volume

: hrd ISBN 9780582066212

Description

This text seeks to restore "Paradise Lost" to its original cultural context in order that its relevance to a 20th-century audience can be realized. The study aims to demonstrate how ideologies may, in high art, survive their political eclipse.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 God: Earth and heaven, time and space
• the Father and the Son
• the Holy Spirit. Part 2 Good and bad angels: the physical properties of angels
• the problem of Satan. Part 3 People: knowing
• the private life of Adam and Eve
• the obligation of choice
• salvation
• after the fall. Part 4 Chaos and the created world: chaos, light and the deep
• nature and fecundity. Part 5 The English epic: neoclassicism and the English epic
• the syntax of "Paradise Lost"
• narrative structure. Part 6 The politics of "Paradise Lost": Milton and the failed revolution
• the legacy of revolution
• the political animal
• republican and anti-clerical values.

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Details

• NCID: BA23829158
• ISBN:
  • 0582066212
  • 0582066204
• LCCN: 94002146
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 151 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR3562
  • DC20 : 813/.54
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA09932521