Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
And, Paradise Regained
by John Milton; Christopher Ricks
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Milton takes the traditional epic and transforms it with the clarity of his moral vision and with the power of his language, turning it into triumphant blank verse--seldom used in his day except in drama--that is moving, exciting, and full of the grandeur of Milton's poetic vision. In the early parts of "Paradise Lost", he manages to convey sympathy with Satan's heroic energy. As the epic narrative progresses, however, our allegiance shifts subtly to Christ's message of love and a vision of Paradise free of Satan's destructive strivings.
Editions of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Signet Classic |
Date 2001 |
Price $2.48 |
 Good |
Publisher Notes
Presents the complete texts of the seventeenth-century English poet's two great epic poems about creation, fall, and redemption of humankind and the moral and spiritual dilemmas of God's judgment. Reprint.
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"Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on on other principle."
First Line
Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit
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