Muses Method : An Introduction to Paradise Lost(Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies)

"Wise, thoughtful, genuinely seminal, this book is at once introductory and scholarly. Each chapter perceptively confronts a passage, a book, or a motif; each addresses major aspects of Milton's method, such as the close textual analysis of the opening lines or the uses of parody and comedy (Sin, Satan, and Death). Chapters focus on major themes - the ""Two Great Sexes""; the pattern at the center; the Fall and Redemption; and the final vision. Summers's insights into Eve's speech of reconciliation remain unsurpassed. Even now, despite the ebb and flow of theories and methodologies, this perceptive reader's inquiries into major aspects of Paradise Lost has a great deal to offer."