Ricks, Christopher B.

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"Milton's Grand Style' has been vigorously attacked in the 20th century, and this book is an attempt to refute Milton's detractors by showing the delicacy and subtlety which is to be found in the verse of 'Paradise Lost."

"The sensitive delicacy of the style of Paradise Lost is not as universally acknowledged as its sublimity. This book shows how Milton's Grand Style creates what Bagehot called a 'haunting atmosphere of enhancing suggestions'. There was subtlety as well as strength in Milton's co…