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Book SynopsisThis work lists and highlights the over 2200 names and close to 250 similes referred to in each book of Milton's "Paradise Lost". Divided into three sections, it offers readers a comprehensive overview of the names and similes, including the number and percentages for each type of name and simile.
Trade ReviewThis useful compilation lists in section 1 a complete catalogue of names of deities and demons (and Adam and Eve) in Paradise Lost by book, then listed by character in Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the Nativity Ode. Section 3 lists epic and simple similes in Paradise Lost arranged by book. * American Reference Books Annual *
...suggests useful hypotheses...wide-ranging... * Milton Quarterly *
Isitt's book is indeed a valuable resource, not only for scholars debating the Arian nature of Milton's epic, but for any reader desiring to investigate the implications of Milton's names for the epic's various characters...This book also will aid classroom teaching on a number of levels and should prove a beneficial tool for student essays on Paradise Lost. * Seventeenth-Century News *
Table of ContentsPart 1 I. Complete Catalog of Names in Book Order Part 2 II. Names by Character with Added Names from Other Works by Milton Part 3 III. Epic and Simple Similes in Book Order
