224 Pages
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Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1980. Paradise Lost was once a favourite text for family reading; today it is confined to the educational system, which treats it as an object to be investigated rather than a subject that demands response. Professor Hunter writes inevitably for an audience of literary students, but he invites them to consider Paradise Lost as a text that must be enjoyed before it can be... Read more
Preface; 1. Introduction: The Manipulations of Genre 2. The Epic Mode 3. Paradise Lost as Drama 4. Style and Meaning 5. Subjective and Objective Vision: Book VI 6. A Tale of Two Falls: Books II and X 7. Human History: Books XI and XII 8. The Creation: Books VII and VIII 9. The Heart of the Poem 10. Critical History; Bibliography; Index
Biography
G. K. Hunter
