John Milton’S Grand Style In Paradise Lost
Exploring the Sublime in John Milton's Paradise Lost
by Mrs.Meenakshi Malik*, Ms. Ritika,
- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540
Volume 2, Issue No. 1, Jul 2011, Pages 0 - 0 (0)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
John Milton is agreat poet who had his deep-rooted philosophical and moral views, but heconsidered man responsible for his fall. His poetry is characterized bysublimity. Other poets have given us beauty, philosophy and romance, but nonehas given us such sublime things as Milton. In Paradise Lost Milton chose the Biblical theme of the creation,fall and redemption of man. All the events are ranged around the plucking ofthe apple. The scene of the action is universal space and the time is eternity.
KEYWORD
John Milton, Grand Style, Paradise Lost, poet, philosophical views, moral views, sublimity, Biblical theme, creation, fall, redemption, man, apple, universal space, eternity
