David Hawkes
Author
Language
English
Description
"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." Blind, broken by the death of his wife and bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, Milton dictated his sweeping biblical epic Paradise Lost to a series of helpers. While the struggle between God and Satan rages across the cosmos, the human tragedy of Adam and Eve the temptation and fall is movingly depicted in language unsurpassed in its musicality and beauty. A staggering and audacious undertaking...
Series
Carleton contemporary volume CC 12
Publisher
Carleton University Press
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Series
Electronic mediations volume 22
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English