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Paradise Lost - A Primer (Paperback)
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Paradise Lost - A Primer (Paperback)
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A record of a teacher's lifelong love affair with the beauty, wit,
and pro fundity of Paradise Lost, celebrating John Milton's
un-doctrinal, complex, and therefore deeply satisfying perception
of the human condition. After surveying Milton's recurrent struggle
as a reconciler of conflicting ide als, this Primer undertakes a
book-by-book reading of Paradise Lost, re viewing key features of
Milton's "various style," and why we treasure that style. Cavanagh
constantly revisits Milton the singer and maker, and the artistic
problems he faced in writing this almost impossible poem. This book
is emphatically for first-time readers of Milton, with little or no
prior exposure, but with ambition to encounter challenging poetry.
These are readers who tell you they "have always been meaning to
read Paradise Lost," who seek to enjoy the epic without being
overwhelmed by its daunting learning and expansive frame of
reference. Avoiding the narrowly specialized focus of most Milton
scholarship, Cavanagh deals forthrightly with issues that recur
across generations of readers, gather ing selected voices-from
scholars and poets alike-from 1674 through the present. Lively and
jargon-free, this Primer makes Paradise Lost accessible and fresh,
offering a credible beginning to what is a great intellectual and
aesthetic adventure.
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