This paper is one of the research progress and outcomes of the programs“Urban Poetics of John Updike’s Poetry”(2016SJD750045);“Study on Multimodal Narrative in the 21st Century American Novels”(20BWW036),and“Study on Shakespeare’s City Play”(2021SJA1192).
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Paradise Lost is a great epic written by John Milton. Deeply influenced by Christian Humanism, Milton fully shows his free will defense in Paradise Lost. Based on the text of Paradise Lost, this paper mainly analyzes ...