Unpremeditated Verse

Unpremeditated Verse Feeling and Perception in Paradise Lost - Princeton Legacy Library

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Publisher's Synopsis

The focus of this study is on the working of Milton's sensibilities and the reader's response to the materials of the poem. Professor Shumaker demonstrates the special resonance Milton gave to Paradise Lost through his development of its mythic quality and through the emotive patterns in the poem. Shumaker describes the effect on the reader's subconscious responses of Milton's choice of visual and auditory images. Underlying the treatment is an assumption that during the act of composition the poet's mind is often stirred to its depths and registers with astonishing fidelity what is happening on all the levels of his psyche, conscious and unconscious.

Originally published in 1967.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780691622989
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 244
Weight: 340g
Height: 235mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 13mm