Paradise Lost remains as challenging and relevant today as it was in the turbulent intellectual and political environment in which it was written. This edition aims to bring the poem as fully alive to a modern reader as it would have been to Milton's contemporaries. It provides a newly edited text of the 1674 edition of the poem-the last of Milton's lifetime-with carefully modernized spelling and punctuation.
Since its publication by Odyssey Press in 1935, Hughes' richly annotated edition -- revised in 1962 -- remains the preferred text of many instructors.
Paradise Lost has long been hailed as one of the most compelling stories of all time. Its cosmic canvas--heaven, hell, chaos, and the Garden of Eden--has enthralled thousands of readers...
Paradise Lost. Book 10
"Including Paradise lost, Paradise regain'd & 50 other works" -- Cover.
In This First Book Of Paradise Lost Milton S Epic Rendition Of The Fall Of Man.
In this fascinating reinterpretation, Carey reveals new insights about Milton's sources of inspiration, while exploring divided readings of the work's key characters.
It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny.
Where the lot shall fall to any man, that shall be his: according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit” (Num 33:54). So minded, have o'erleaped these earthly bounds On purpose, hard 153 PARADISE LOST.
And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the centre of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man.
Longman Annotated English PoetsGeneral Editor: John BarnardFounding Editor: F. W. Bateson Paradise Lost is the greatest work of one of the most acclaimed poets in English literature. It has had...