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The satanic epic /

The Satan of Paradise Lost has fascinated generations of readers. This book attempts to explain how and why Milton's Satan is so seductive. It reasserts the importance of Satan against those who would minimize the poem's sympathy for the devil and thereby make Milton orthodox. Neil Forsyth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forsyth, Neil, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • A brief history of Satan
  • The epic voice
  • Follow the leader
  • "My self am Hell"
  • Satan's rebellion
  • The language of "evil"
  • Of man's first Dis
  • Homer in Milton: the attendance motif and the Graces
  • Satan temper
  • "If they will hear"
  • At the sign of the dove and serpent
  • "Full of doubt I stand": the structures of Paradise lost
  • Conclusion: signs portentous.