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Paradise Lost

(Norton Critical Editions)

By John Milton

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| Paperback | 9780393924282

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This Norton Critical Edition is designed to make Paradise Lost accessible for student readers, providing invaluable contextual and biographical information and the tools students need to think critically about this landmark epic. Gordon Teskey's freshly edited text of Milton's masterpiece is Continue

This Norton Critical Edition is designed to make Paradise Lost accessible for student readers, providing invaluable contextual and biographical information and the tools students need to think critically about this landmark epic. Gordon Teskey's freshly edited text of Milton's masterpiece is accompanied by a new introduction and substantial explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation have been modernized, the latter, importantly, within the limits imposed by Milton's syntax.

"Sources and Backgrounds" collects relevant passages from the Bible and Milton's prose writings, including selections from The Reason of Church Government and the full text of Areopagitica.

"Criticism" brings together classic interpretations by Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, Victor Hugo, and T. S. Eliot, among others, and the most important recent criticism and scholarship surrounding the epic, including essays by Northrop Frye, Barbara Lewalski, Christopher Ricks, and Helen Vendler.

A Glossary and Selected Bibliography are also included.

About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.

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    Possibly the most tedious book ever written. I'm disappointed that I didn't care for it more - loving Shakespeare and Dante as I do, I thought, "Gee, war in heaven - supercool!" But, alas, no love. If you want to read a superb poem with religious overtones, read "The Divine Comedy" - it's much bette ... (continue)

    Possibly the most tedious book ever written. I'm disappointed that I didn't care for it more - loving Shakespeare and Dante as I do, I thought, "Gee, war in heaven - supercool!" But, alas, no love. If you want to read a superb poem with religious overtones, read "The Divine Comedy" - it's much better. If you feel the need for self-flagellation, force yourself to read "Paradise Lost." You've been warned.

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    guaddess said on May 14, 2007 | 2 feedbacks

  • One of the most frustrating reads in the history of unnecessary blathering... I have attempted several times to attempt to read through PL since but only to set it down again and again.

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    Threnody said on Sep 25, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • I don't know if there are editorial problems of this great poem (literature is not my specialty), so I just bought this cheap, portable penguin edition, which also supplies some rather useful notes.

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    ikjeng said on Sep 8, 2007 | Add your feedback

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