The Celestial Cycle: The Theme of Paradise Lost in World Literature with Translations of the Major Analogues

by Watson Kirkconnell

Overview

An anthology of translated analogues, in whole or in part, on the theme of paradise lost. The collection is divided into two parts. Part one is the analogues and part two is a descriptive catalogue of all the analogues the author consulted. The book also includes a preface and lengthy introduction. It is an indispensable resource for any serious student or scholar of Milton's Paradise Lost.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781487592363
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	12/15/1952
Pages:	732
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.46(d)

About the Author

Watson Kirkconnell (1895-1977) was an army officer, a professor emeritus of Latin and English, ninth president of Acadia University (1948-1964), a Milton scholar, author of many volumes of prose and poetry, historian, and genealogist. He was also the joint founder of the Federal Citizenship Branch (1940), the Humanities Research Council of Canada (1943) and the Baptist Federation of Canada (1944). In 1936 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.