The Satanic Epic by Neil Forsyth
Ranges over diverse topics - from the origins of evil and the relevance of witchcraft to the status of the poetic narrator, the epic tradition, the nature of love between the sexes, and seventeenth-century astronomy.
Winner of the 2004 Holly Hanford Award, The Milton Society of America "The Satanic Epic establishes Forsyth as our foremost scholar of Satan as a literary and cultural phenomenon.. The Satanic Epic is useful not only as a deft and fascinating reading of the most 'imposing' character in Paradise Lost but as a history of Satanic interpretation from the ancient world onward to Milton's own time... Forsyth's scholarship re-creates and redefines the milieu out of which Milton's works emerged. In the process, it tells a fascinating story. As a result of his work, we are in Forsyth's debt."--Michael Lieb, Milton Quarterly
Neil Forsyth is Professor of English Literature at the University of Lausanne and the author of "The Old Enemy: Satan and the Combat Myth" (Princeton).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691113395 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691113394 |
| Title | The Satanic Epic |
| Author | Neil Forsyth |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2002-12-29 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Winner of James Holly Hanford Award (Milton Society of America) 2004 |
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