With Mortal Voice: The Creation of Paradise Lost

By John T. Shawcross

Book Overview

More often than not, critics have looked upon Milton's great epic not as a literary work but rather as a theological tract or a display of Renaissance learning. In this book John Shawcross seeks to redress that critical imbalance by examining the poem for its literary values. In doing so he reveals the scope and depth of Milton's poetic craftsmanship in his control of such elements as structure, myth, style, and language; and he offers new approaches to reading Paradise Lost as a literary master

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813154863
• ISBN13: 9780813154862
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher