Pursuit |
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| Author:
| Scott, Susan |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59113-016-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2002 |
| Publisher: | Booklocker.com, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $13.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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