Paradise Lost: IntroductionCUP Archive, 1972 M03 9 - 186 pages In this, the first introductory volume of the Cambridge Milton for Schools and Colleges, Professor Broadbent, the general editor of the series, presents background and introductory material essential to students for a proper understanding of Paradise Lost. Chapters on mythology, the epic, the writing, publication and subsequent editing of PL and on Milton's ideology and world-view, provide the background to the poem as a whole. The second half of the book engages with the poetry at a more detailed level and examines themes, structures, allusion, language, syntax, rhetoric, similes, rhythm and style, always showing the reader how he can best understand and appreciate Milton's usage. Extensive quotation from PL and other works by Milton and others helps to make all clear. |
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Contents
Simile Bentley ed PL Wallace Stevens page | 140 |
Rhythm 1599 742 VII 409 562 XII 630 | 150 |
Resources for further study | 158 |
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