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Timothy Miller

The Critical Response to John Milton's Paradise LostAuthor(s): Timothy Miller\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Greenwood Press\nISBN-13: 9780313289262, 978-0313289262\nSynopsis\nParadise Lost was recognized as a major epic poem soon after its publication in 1667. For more than three centuries, critics have been describing, interpreting, and evaluating it. Regardless of their approaches to changing literary values, they have generally accepted it as the prime example of the epic in English. As many critics have observed, the poem brought biblical, literary, cultural, social, scientific, and political elements into such aesthetic harmony that even its detractors have been forced to recognize its greatness. And because of its complexity, it has become a test case in literary studies as a focal point for changing critical assumptions and literary values. This reference book traces the critical reception of Paradise Lost from the 17th centur.