Paradise Lost (Hughes Edition)Since its publication by Odyssey Press in 1935, Hughes's richly annotated edition--revised in 1962--remains the preferred text of many instructors. |
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Page xvi
... says that , by concentrating the Greek tragic flaw of pride ( hybris ) in “ the character of the Adversary and the Author of Evil . . . Milton repudiated the doctrine that life was essentially tragic and that retribution was . . . the ...
... says that , by concentrating the Greek tragic flaw of pride ( hybris ) in “ the character of the Adversary and the Author of Evil . . . Milton repudiated the doctrine that life was essentially tragic and that retribution was . . . the ...
Page xxi
... say as little as possible about him except to deplore his jibes and Belial's at the angels whom their first salvo topples over . But the jeers at God are a part of Satan's nature . We hear them in his first speeches to his followers in ...
... say as little as possible about him except to deplore his jibes and Belial's at the angels whom their first salvo topples over . But the jeers at God are a part of Satan's nature . We hear them in his first speeches to his followers in ...
Page xxii
... say that in the first two books of Paradise Lost he is drawn with too many virtues , the answer is perhaps in Socrates ' words in the Republic when he says that the finer virtues - " courage , temperance , and the rest " — belong to the ...
... say that in the first two books of Paradise Lost he is drawn with too many virtues , the answer is perhaps in Socrates ' words in the Republic when he says that the finer virtues - " courage , temperance , and the rest " — belong to the ...
Page xxvi
... says in the invocation to Book IX are unworthy subjects of epic poetry , when they reason like pagan philosophers and sing sentimental songs of self - pity , when they howl their praise of Satan with one voice like a mob saluting a ...
... says in the invocation to Book IX are unworthy subjects of epic poetry , when they reason like pagan philosophers and sing sentimental songs of self - pity , when they howl their praise of Satan with one voice like a mob saluting a ...
Page xxviii
... says to his followers : I shall exalt my haughty tyranny , And ye , my sons , shall be adored as gods . At altars in high temples without number , Worshipped with cattle , frankincense , and gold . ( Celestial Cycle , p . 417 ) In ...
... says to his followers : I shall exalt my haughty tyranny , And ye , my sons , shall be adored as gods . At altars in high temples without number , Worshipped with cattle , frankincense , and gold . ( Celestial Cycle , p . 417 ) In ...
Contents
XI | 1 |
XII | 5 |
XIII | 30 |
XIV | 60 |
XV | 83 |
XVI | 113 |
XVII | 138 |
XVIII | 163 |
XIX | 183 |
XX | 202 |
XXI | 234 |
XXII | 265 |
XXIII | 290 |
XXIV | 309 |
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