Reading Paradise Lost -Hopkins- [Non-Fiction] PDF_(K-Slender) torrent

Publication Date: February 11, 2013 | ISBN-10: 1118471008 | ISBN-13: 978-1118471005 | Edition: 1


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