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After completing and studying the entire book I am still in awe of this great piece. Milton certainly has his flaws but overarching narrative and themes far outweigh his occasional stumbles. It was beautiful and tragic. Epic and comedic. A last sweet taste of medieval beauty.
First Read:
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I’ve just dipped my feet in the ocean of this masterpiece.
After completing and studying the entire book I am still in awe of this great piece. Milton certainly has his flaws but overarching narrative and themes far outweigh his occasional stumbles. It was beautiful and tragic. Epic and comedic. A last sweet taste of medieval beauty.
First Read:
(Excerpts)
I’ve just dipped my feet in the ocean of this masterpiece.
Cosmic rebellion and cosmic punishment. Human rebellion, cosmic consequences.
Reading Paradise Lost is like standing at the edge of eternity and peering into the architecture of divine purpose. Milton’s epic poem doesn’t just retell the Fall of Man—it interrogates it, philosophizes it, and reframes it through a lens of perspective that is hard to come by without heresy. For anyone drawn to teleology, this work is a masterclass in metaphysical inquiry.
Milton crafts Satan not as a cartoon villain, ...more
Reading Paradise Lost is like standing at the edge of eternity and peering into the architecture of divine purpose. Milton’s epic poem doesn’t just retell the Fall of Man—it interrogates it, philosophizes it, and reframes it through a lens of perspective that is hard to come by without heresy. For anyone drawn to teleology, this work is a masterclass in metaphysical inquiry.
Milton crafts Satan not as a cartoon villain, ...more
Paradise Lost: The last great epic
My best friend is a literature major, and this is one of her favorites. I agree with her, and I want to reread this and Lewis's Preface. I think this book is an excellent 'what if' in that it explores things that, while they didn't expressly happen in the Bible, they very well could have. He does make some changes to the story, two of the most significant and concerning to some being the portrayal of the devil as sympathetic and Adam and Eve's 'sin high' they ha ...more
My best friend is a literature major, and this is one of her favorites. I agree with her, and I want to reread this and Lewis's Preface. I think this book is an excellent 'what if' in that it explores things that, while they didn't expressly happen in the Bible, they very well could have. He does make some changes to the story, two of the most significant and concerning to some being the portrayal of the devil as sympathetic and Adam and Eve's 'sin high' they ha ...more
Well, I started off really disliking the reading because it was a bit of a reach book and slightly confusing. Not an easy read for sure. However by the end of the book I fully want to read it again. I'd love to see the story play out backwards, so maybe in the future i'll do that.
P.S. The gospel message at the end is peak. ...more
P.S. The gospel message at the end is peak. ...more
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