5/21/2023 0 Comments Paradise lost book 4![]() 1 To admirers of Satan, the final dialogue of Adam and Michael merely continues the poetic deterioration that began as early as Book III. One recent opinion, typical of even a fairly sym-pathetic reader of Milton’s poetry, is that the two final books have no ‘dramatic significance’ or ‘energy’ and constitute ‘a languid movement’ toward the conclusion. S ince the eighteenth century, critics have given the conclusion of Paradise Lost very little appreciative attention they have either ignored the last two books, or written patronizingly about them, or criticized them adversely. ![]()
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