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The satanic epic

The Satan of Paradise Lost has fascinated generations of readers. This book attempts to explain how and why Milton's Satan is so seductive. It reasserts the importance of Satan against those who would minimize the poem's sympathy for the devil and thereby make Milton orthodox. Neil Forsyth argues that William Blake got it right when he called Milton a true poet because he was "of the Devils party" even though he set out "to justify the ways of God to men." In seeking to learn why Satan is so alluring, Forsyth ranges over diverse topics--from the origins of evil and the relevance of witchcraft t
eBook, English, ©2003
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©2003
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (x, 382 pages)
9781400825233, 9781282157699, 9786612157691, 1400825237, 1282157698, 6612157690
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Introduction
A brief history of Satan
The epic voice
Follow the leader
"My self am Hell"
Satan's rebellion
The language of "evil"
Of man's first Dis
Homer in Milton: the attendance motif and the Graces
Satan temper
"If they will hear"
At the sign of the dove and serpent
"Full of doubt I stand": the structures of Paradise lost
Conclusion: signs portentous
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