FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the grand invocation at the beginning of Book VII of his epic Paradise Lost, John Milton selects as his muse Urania, who is traditionally the Muse of Astronomy in classical texts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Milton scholarship has regarded the four strategically placed invocations in Paradise Lost as the means through which the poet identifies his Muse and, in the process, distinguishes his epic from that of Spenser and from classical epic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Book I of Paradise Lost begins with a prologue in which Milton performs the traditional epic task of invoking the Muse and stating his purpose. He invokes the classical Muse, Urania, but also refers to her as the “Heav’nly Muse, ” implying the Christian nature of this work.