John Milton's Paradise Lost (The Connell Guide To ...)

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John Milton's Paradise Lost (The Connell Guide To ...)

Dr Johnson sums up the case against Milton: â€œthe want of human interest is always felt.â€ It is the apparent distance of Paradise Lost from ordinary humanity that has thrilled or repelled critics throughout the ages. While many readers are carried away by Miltonâ€™s sublimity, others are daunted by his grandeur, scope and learning. Milton himself declared that he would not begin to write until he had â€œcompleted the full circle of my private studiesâ€. The Greek word for a circle of learning is the root of â€œencyclopaediaâ€; and Miltonâ€™s erudition is encyclopaedic. Paradise Lost draws on both ancient learning and the scholarship of his day, displaying not only his deep knowledge of the Bible and Biblical scholarship, and his passionate assimilation of the classics, but also his absorption in astronomy, cosmology, geography, numerology and science. Yet many critics of Paradise Lost argue that all this circling lacks a human centre. Who, after all, is the hero? Adam and Eve in their unfallen state are too remote from us; Christ is not yet incarnate; God cannot be a character. Which leaves us with the magnificently problematic figure of Satan. In this fascinating study of Miltonâ€™s great poem, Caroline Moore suggests that, contrary to what these critics argue, the core of Paradise Lost is extraordinarily human. Milton himself believed that poetry excelled at describing â€œthe wily subtleties and refluxes of manâ€™s thought from withinâ€. This is precisely what Paradise Lost does. If, to a generation raised on the novel, Miltonâ€™s methods of psychological exploration seem strange, this only intensifies the effect: Paradise Lost is a poem that explores the dark byways and infinite strangeness of the human heart.
Country USA
Brand Connell Publishing
Manufacturer Connell Publishing
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2018-10-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781907776106

Country	USA
Brand	Connell Publishing
Manufacturer	Connell Publishing
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	2018-10-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781907776106

John Milton's Paradise Lost (The Connell Guide To ...)

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