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Paradise Lost and other poems
Paradise Lost and other poems
Author: John Milton
These three major works by the seventeenth-century english poet show why Milton takes his places beside Shakespeare, Dante, Homer, and Virgil. They ring with the unmistakable clarity of genius, with majesty of language, splendor and wealth of detail, and with the deep conviction of a powerful mind. — The new annotations for this Mentor edition in...  more »
ISBN: 208488
Publication Date: 12/1961
Pages: 411
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Publisher: The New American Library
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Most interesting to me is the character of Satan. Christ and God here are two-dimensional sketches, whereas Milton gives Satan complex motivation, much more engaging than run-of-the-mill comic-book iniquity. Enjoy!


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