Reading Paradise Lost (9781118918180)



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


Product details

  • Paperback | 112 pages
  • 153 x 228 x 6mm | 154g
  • New York, United States
  • English
  • Annotated
  • Reprint
  • 1118918185
  • 9781118918180
  • 2,069,387


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