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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Cambridge Univ Pr
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780521091411
ISBN-10
0521091411
Dimensions
0.50 by 5 by 7.75 in.
Weight
0.35 lbs.
Original list price
$44.99
Other format details
university press
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Preface to Paradise Lost | The Marriage of Heaven and Hell | Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience | Paradise Lost | Literary Theory | The Annotated Lolita | Wordsworth and Coleridge
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Professor Waldock rejects the common critical urge, at the time of this book's publication in 1961, to assert that certain parts of Paradise Lost conflict with Milton's stated aim. Instead he argues that, because Milton recounts the difficult first chapters of Genesis at such length and in such imaginative detail, he disconcerts his readers. Milton's poetic power gives Adam and Eve at the moment of the Fall such human attractiveness that it is impossible to condemn them. The magnificent figure of Satan is consistently more appealing than Milton's God; and by a fatal lack of literary tact God is presented directly and quoted at length. This leads Milton into absurd literalisms and sometimes into evasiveness and self-contradiction and produces a conflict between what Milton meant to do and what the poem actually does. Professor Waldock's witty critical arguments appeal to the reader's direct and unprompted response to the poetry.
Editions
Hardcover
from Peter Smith Pub Inc (November 1, 1984)
9780844614632 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $16.50
About: Book by Waldock, A.
About: Book by Waldock, A.
Paperback
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from Cambridge Univ Pr 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $44.99
About: Professor Waldock rejects the common critical urge, at the time of this book's publication in 1961, to assert that certain parts of Paradise Lost conflict with Milton's stated aim.
About: Professor Waldock rejects the common critical urge, at the time of this book's publication in 1961, to assert that certain parts of Paradise Lost conflict with Milton's stated aim.
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