| Author: | David Hopkins | ISBN: | 9781118474440 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | November 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | David Hopkins |
| ISBN: | 9781118474440 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | November 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
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
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
