Regaining Paradise Lost

List of contents

1. God: Earth and heaven, time and space; the Father and the Son; the Holy Spirit  2. Good and bad angels: the physical properties of angels; the problem of Satan  3. People: knowing; the private life of Adam and Eve; the obligation of choice; salvation; after the fall  4.Chaos and the created world: chaos, light and the deep; nature and fecundity  5. The English epic: neoclassicism and the English epic; the syntax of "Paradise Lost"; narrative structure  6. The politics of "Paradise Lost": Milton and the failed revolution; the legacy of revolution; the political animal; republican and anti-clerical values.

About the author

Thoman Corns is Professor of English at Bangor University, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas N Corns, Thomas N. Corns, Corns Thomas N.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.2015
• EAN: 9781138836433
• ISBN: 978-1-138-83643-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800