{"product_id":"the-return-of-eden-five-essays-on-miltons-epics-9780802062819","title":"The Return of Eden: Five Essays on Milton's Epics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I am talking about Milton because I enjoy talking about Milton,\" This statement made by Northrop Frye at the beginning of \u003cem\u003eThe Return of Eden\u003c\/em\u003e sets the tone for the entire book. Presented informally, it is filled with the vast learning and demonstrates the imaginative magnitude we have come to expect of this distinguished critic: the brilliant argument and the pleasantly witty presentation will inform and delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first four essays in the volume deal with \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e. Frye discusses the form and tradition of the epic, the r?le of the \u003cem\u003eSon of God\u003c\/em\u003e, a construction of the cosmology of the poem as a framework for its imagery, the reasons for Milton's presentation of the behaviour of Adam and Eve (and by analogy of human society) before and after the fall. He also deals with Milton as a revolutionary who, disillusioned with the failure of the English people a free commonwealth, was finally compelled to find the true revolution within the individual. These four chapters are based on the Centennial Lecture Series which marked the one-hundredth anniversary of Huron College, University of Western Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth essay in the book, \"Revolt in the Desert,\" discusses the structure and content of Paradise Regained.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorthrop Frye\u003c\/b\u003e (1912-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential English scholars and literary critics. Northrop Frye was a professor in the Department of English at Victoria University in the University of Toronto from 1939 until his death. His works include \u003cem\u003eWords with Power\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAnatomy of Criticism\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50456605655314,"sku":"9780802062819","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea5931cd-acd3-48c5-831d-56719d197461.jpg?v=1729917632","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-return-of-eden-five-essays-on-miltons-epics-9780802062819","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}