- History and criticism, Epic poetry, Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost, Milton, John, 1608-1674
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Classical in form, cool, contemplative and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- Author
- C. S. Lewis
- First published
- 1941
- Pages
- 143
- Publisher
- Atlantic Publishing,India, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Oxford Univ. Pr.
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780195003451
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“The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is-what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used.”
Clive Staples Lewis was an Irish-born British novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist.
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