Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained

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THE SIGNET CLASSIC POETRY SERIES
PARADISE LOST PARADISE REGAINED BY JOHN MILTON
Here in one volume are the complete texts of two of the great epic poems of our language. The first, Paradise Lost, narrates the revolt of Satan and his banishment from Heaven, and the fall of man and his expulsion from Eden. The second, Paradise Regained, explores man's regaining of grace through the sacrifice of Christ. Writing in blank verse of unsurpassed majesty, Milton here displays his genius for imagery and cadence, animating his profound search for religious truth. The struggle between Satan and God, between rebellion and authority, between human pride and submission, charge the core of this spiritual drama in which the poet's own final attitude emerges as a deeply ambivalent one. Milton's stated object in writing Paradise Lost was to "justify the ways of God to men" ; but one of its enduring sources of interest is the pertinacity with which Milton questions these "ways." As Christopher... Tovább

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THE SIGNET CLASSIC POETRY SERIES
PARADISE LOST PARADISE REGAINED BY JOHN MILTON
Here in one volume are the complete texts of two of the great epic poems of our language. The first, Paradise Lost, narrates the revolt of Satan and his banishment from Heaven, and the fall of man and his expulsion from Eden. The second, Paradise Regained, explores man's regaining of grace through the sacrifice of Christ. Writing in blank verse of unsurpassed majesty, Milton here displays his genius for imagery and cadence, animating his profound search for religious truth. The struggle between Satan and God, between rebellion and authority, between human pride and submission, charge the core of this spiritual drama in which the poet's own final attitude emerges as a deeply ambivalent one. Milton's stated object in writing Paradise Lost was to "justify the ways of God to men" ; but one of its enduring sources of interest is the pertinacity with which Milton questions these "ways." As Christopher Ricks observes in his brilliant introduction, "Milton has the power to get under your skin .There are no passive readers of Milton —we are im-jDelled by him."
Edited with an introduction and notes by Christopher Ricks
Chronology of Milton's life Text printed in the clearest, most readable type Footnotes at the bottom of page keyed to the text Extensive bibliography
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