With Mortal Voice : The Creation of Paradise Lost /

Show other versions (1)

More often than not, critics have looked upon Milton's great epic not as a literary work but rather as a theological tract or a display of Renaissance learning. In this book John Shawcross seeks to redress that critical imbalance by examining the poem for its literary values. In doing so he rev...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shawcross, John T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1982.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674. > Paradise lost.
Paradise lost (Milton, John)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Rhetor as Creator; 2. Inspiration & Meaning; 3. The Thesis & the Theme; 4. The Hero; 5. Structural Patterns; 6. Numerological Relationships; 7. Sources as Meaning & Structure; 8. The Genre; 9. The Style; 10. The Myth of Return; 11. The Myth of Exodus; 12. The Poem as Novelistic Technique; 13. The Poem as Entity; Appendix: The Dates of Composition; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

Similar Items