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Milton and the Transformation of Ancient Epic

Milton and the Transformation of Ancient Epic

Martindale, Charles

Paperback

Series: Bcpaperbacks

Literary CriticismFiction AnthologiesGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1853996505
ISBN13: 9781853996504
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Sep 26 2002
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Milton has long been recognised as being among English poets most indebted to ancient literature, but the range and depth of that debt have rarely been explored. Here Martindale examines the use Milton made of other ancient poets, notably Homer, Ovid and Lucan, and finds some surprising elements in the style of Paradise Lost - Horace for example. He is primarily concerned with Milton's attitude to the classics and the questions that raises as to his methods. Renaissance views of classical poets and eighteenth-century commentaries on Milton are brought to bear on these questions. Finally the limits of Milton's classicism and the differences between Paradise Lost and its predecessors are considered.

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