Reading Paradise Lost

English | ISBN: 1118471008 | 2013 | 106 pages | PDF | 3 MB

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

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