ENG202Y1 Lecture Notes - Margery Kempe, Oh Hell, John Milton
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Milton, paradise lost books 5, 8, 9, 12 (lines 372-649) Renewing epic it is an epic and has to be read in that way, unfolding the argument buried in the opening lines, there is a structure to it. Allusions are part of the poem, they are part of the architecture. What is the sacrifice on the part of the son if he knows what is going to happen, he knows he will live can be compared to milton who is behind the poem pulling the strings. He is like satan, what romantic poets love about milton, he puts some of this theological/political views through the mouth of satan, who is fighting against a tyrannical ruler (god). One of the things that is interesting about the book is the expression of individual autonomy opposite of the devotional views in christian belief. Milton pulls on one string of christianity, he wants to tell a christian epic.
