Paradise Lost and the Romantic Reader
by Lucy Newlyn
Criticism and interpretationEnglish literatureFall of man in literatureHistoryHistory and criticismInfluenceInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)Reader-response criticism
Was Milton on the side of the angels or the devils? Was he republican or anti-republican, feminist or misogynist? Did he value innocence or experience? This book shows how the Romantic reader responded, in complex and often paradoxical ways, to multiple ambiguities inherent in the very language of Paradise Lost.
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