Preface To Paradise Lost

Since its publication in 1942, C.S Lewis`s A Preface To Paradise Lost has remained and continues to remain an indispensable introductory book for the study of Paradise Lost. Very briefly, but with remarkable clarity and precision, Lewis touches on all the important aspects of Paradise Lost: form and technique, structure and texture, theological disputes and characterization etc.
About Author :
Clive Staples Lewis was born on 29 Novemeber 1898 in Belfast and his early education at Malvern College and then at University College, Oxford, where he distinguished himself as an Oxford Scholar and received Chancellor`s Essay Prize in 1921. Lewis passed B.A in 1922 with first class honours in literae Humaniores and english. he became fellow of the royal society of literature inn1948 and Fellow of the British Academy i 1955.
Contents :
Dedication Introduction Epic Poetry Is Criticism Possible Primary Epic The Technique Of Primary Epic The Subject Of Primary Epic Virgil And The Subject Of Secondary Epic -----etc