A preface to Paradise lost /C.S. Lewis.
- London ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, (c)1961.
- vi, 143 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
Epic poetry -- Is criticism possible -- Primary epic -- The technique of primary epic -- The subject of primary epic -- Virgil and the subject of secondary epic -- The style of secondary epic -- Defence of this style -- The doctrine of the unchanging human heart -- Milton and St. Augustine -- Hierarchy -- The theology of Paradise Lost -- Satan -- Satan's followers -- The mistake about Milton's angels -- Adam and Eve -- Unfallen sexuality -- The fall -- Conclusion.
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English literature. Epic poetry--History and criticism. Poetry Literary Criticism