A Preface to Paradise Lost

Covers
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Title page
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Dedication
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Contents
......Page 9
Epigraph
......Page 10
I. Epic Poetry
......Page 11
II. Is Criticism Possible?
......Page 19
III. Primary Epic
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IV. The Technique of Primary Epic
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V. The Subject of Primary Epic
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VI. Virgil and the Subject of Secondary Epic
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VII. The Style of Secondary Epic
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VIII. Defence of This Style
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IX. The Doctrine of the Unchanging Human Heart
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X. Milton and St. Augustine
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XI. Hierarchy
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XII. The Theology of Paradise Lost
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XIII. Satan
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XIV. Satan's Followers
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XV. The Mistake about Milton's Angels
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XVI. Adam and Eve
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XVII. Unfallen Sexuality
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XVIII. The Fall
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XIX. Conclusion
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Appendix: Notes on Certain Passages
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Index
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