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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Forsyth, Neil, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Personnages > Demon.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Paradise lost.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674. > Paradise lost.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Characters > Devil.
Paradise lost (Milton, John)
Fall of man in literature.
Good and evil in literature.
Epic poetry, English.
Devil in literature.
Christian poetry, English > Early modern.
Christian poetry, English.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Chute de l'homme dans la litterature.
Mal dans la litterature.
Demon dans la litterature.
Poesie epique anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Poesie chretienne anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Christian poetry, English > History and criticism.
Epic poetry, English > History and criticism.
Christian poetry, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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