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A two-volume history of the criticism of John Milton's epic 'Paradise Lost', tracing the major debates as they have unfolded over the past three centuries.

Epic poetry, English --- Fall of man in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Milton, John,

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This volume gathers together the papers given at a conference at University of Western Ontario in honour of the Tercentenary of Paradise Lost. The contributors, all eminent Milton scholars of international reputation, include Roy Daniells, Northrop Frye, Hugh MacCallum, Arthur E. Barker, and Balachandra Rajan. Their essays here provide a coherent and masterly study of one of the land marks of English literature. The series of lectures were delivered at the University of York in 1966 and 1967 to make the occasion of the three hundredth anniversary of Paradise Lost (1667). There is one addition of the series -- Mr. J.B. Trapp's contribution containing twenty-eight illustrations which comprise one of the largest collections of iconography of the Fall of Man. All the lectures are published in the order they were delivered; this order was not premeditated and neither was the nature of the series. The lecturers were simply invited to speak on Paradise Lost: the particular approach was subject only to their interests. The variety is wide, ranging from literary and doctrinal aspects of the work to its musical and iconographic extensions. The initial aim has been achieved. As the editor states, "This tribute to Milton is a joint Anglo-American enterprise, in keeping with our ever-increasing awareness that our study of Paradise Lost (as all of great literature) is advanced most when we expose ourselves to one and another's' insights."

Fall of man in literature. --- Milton, John, --- Paradise lost (Milton, John)

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This volume offers an accessible and stimulating introduction to one of the most influential texts of western literature. This guide highlights Milton's imaginative daring as he boldly revises the epic tradition, brilliantly elaborates upon Genesis, and shapes his ambitious narrative in order to retell the story of the Fall. The book considers the heretical dimensions of Paradise Lost and its theology, while situating Milton's great poem in its literary, religious, and political contexts. A concluding chapter addresses the influence of Milton's sublime poem as a source of creative inspiration for later writers, from the Restoration to the Romantics. Finally, the volume offers an extremely useful and updated guide to further reading, which students will find invaluable.

Epic poetry, English --- Fall of man in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Milton, John, --- Rubinstein, Anton, --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature

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Human beings in literature. --- Human beings --- Homo sapiens --- Human race --- Humanity (Human beings) --- Humankind --- Humans --- Man --- Mankind --- People --- Hominids --- Persons --- Man in literature --- Philosophy.

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Les articles réunis dans ce recueil transdisciplinaire explorent les multiples formes et significations d'un thème envisagé selon ses liens étroits avec les mythes et le sacré. Ils composent ainsi un parcours se déployant à travers époques, cultures et croyances, reliées entre elles par un réseau serré de correspondances et d'échos, menant le lecteur du mythe d'Orphée au projet transhumaniste, tout en lui faisant entrevoir d'autres chemins de traverse à emprunter.

Transhumanism --- Human beings in literature --- human condition --- divine --- sacred --- death and immortality --- transgression --- hubris --- archetypes --- Man in literature --- Philosophy --- Transhumanism. --- Human beings in literature.