Milton's 'Sataneid' : the poet and the devil in 'Paradise Lost'

In this thesis I study two themes: first the influence of the Italian chivalric epic on the figure of Satan; second Milton's use of Dante and Ariosto in the figure of the narrating poet. I explore how within Paradise Lost the Archfiend acts out a 'Sataneid' modelled on a series of tra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Neil
Published: University of Leicester 1985
Subjects:
800
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373512