Hopkins Reading Paradise Lost

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-47442-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 112 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry

Casting a fresh perspective on the greatest long poem inEnglish, David Hopkins guides the reader through the inspiringpoetic landscape of Milton's great epic Paradise Lost,a work of literature which has compelled and fascinated readersdown the ages and which offers enduring insight into the humancondition
* A welcome aesthetic focus on the poetic experience of readingParadise Lost rather than its religious or politicalcontext
* Provides a nuanced, unified vision of the poem from acelebrated authority on English poetry of the period
* Includes consideration of the poem's earlier champions andcritics
* Passionately advocates Paradise Lost's continuingartistic and philosophical relevance

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hopkins, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii
1 Paradise Lost : Poem or "Problem"? 1
2 God, Satan, and Adam 23
3 Eden 43
4 The Fall 63
Further Reading 85
Index to lines and passages from Paradise Lost 91
Index to main text and notes 93

Über Autor(innen)

David Hopkins is Emeritus Professor of English Literatureand Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, UK. Aspecialist on English poetry and literary criticism of theseventeenth and eighteenth centuries, he has written two books onJohn Dryden - John Dryden (1986) and Writers andtheir Work: John Dryden (2004). His latest work, Conversingwith Antiquity: English Poets and the Classics, from Shakespeare toPope (2010), reflects his interest in the enduring influence onEnglish poetry of the literature and culture of classicalantiquity. Professor Hopkins has also edited numerous volumes,including (with Paul Hammond) an annotated edition ofDryden's complete poems.