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Article: Observations upon the Irish Devils: Echoes of Eire in Paradise Lost.(Critical essay)
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- Early Modern Literary Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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Observations upon the Irish Devils: Echoes of Eire in Paradise Lost
Maura Grace Harrington
Seton Hall University
harrinma@shu.edu
Harrington, Maura. "Observations upon the Irish Devils: Echoes of Eire in Paradise Lost". Early Modern Literary Studies 12.3 (January, 2007) 3.1-17
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While John Milton's Paradise Lost is too complex to be read as an allegory upon which one-to-one meanings can be imposed, its complexity lends the text to being read as a work that has meanings other than its literal meanings. While Paradise Lost is certainly literally about the fall of man, the complex relationships among the characters also reflect ...