Some graver subject : an essay on Paradise lost / by J. B. Broadbent
1960, First Edition. New York : Barnes & Noble Inc. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #437559
Physical description; 303 pages plates 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction -- The demand for divine epic -- Milton's epic motives -- Decay of the heroic and divine -- Hell -- Invocation -- Satan -- The nature of Hell -- The devils -- Pandemonium and chaos -- The council -- Tartarus -- Chaos -- Heaven -- Introductory -- Invocation -- The godhead -- The image of Heaven -- The world -- Paradise -- Satan in paradise -- The garden -- Adam and Eve -- Justitia originalis -- Satan and Gabriel -- Antecedentia -- Structure -- Men and angels -- The war in Heaven -- Satire of self-parody? -- Victory of the son -- Creation -- Structural -- The hexemeron -- The use of reason -- Reason and passion -- The fall -- Tragic notes -- Angst -- Falsehood -- The effects of the fall -- Exile -- Transition -- Hell on earth -- Providence -- The wilderness -- Conclusion. Subjects; Milton, John 1608-1674 Paradise lost. Milton, John 1608-1674. Paradise lost Criticism and interpretation. Milton, John 1608-1674 Paradise lost Critical studies. Milton, John. Paradise lost. Milton, John. Milton, John 1608-1674 Paradise regained Criticism and interpretation. Paradise lost (Milton, John). Paradise lost. Fall of man in literature. English poetry. Epic poetry.
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