Milton’s Grand Style in Paradise Lost

Milton's Grand Style in Paradise Lost

The style Milton used in “Paradise Lost” has righteously been stated as the grand style. The major elements of the grand style normally are:  the grandeur of the perception which motivates the poem, the use of imposing words organized in splendid order, elaborate imagination, and the use of supreme literary devices which build on the greatness of the language used.

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Aristotle’s theory of Imitation and Catharsis | Aristotle’s Poetics

Aristotle's concept of imitation and catharsis

Aristotle’s “Poetics” is an important work in the history of English literary criticism. It was developed as an extension together with an evaluation of Plato’s “Republic”. According to Plato, mimesis was a delusion, a false copy that was far removed from reality. On the other hand, according to Aristotle, mimesis was “natural”.

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