Textbook
Paradise LostISBN: 978-1-4051-2929-9
Paperback
388 pages
November 2007, ©2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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In this authoritative edition of John Milton’s epic poem,
Paradise Lost is presented in the original language of its
1674 publication, with explanatory annotations and word glosses.
- Edited by one of the world's leading Milton scholars, the
author of the acclaimed The Life of Milton (Blackwell 2000),
which won the Milton Society of America's James Holly Hanford Book
Award
- Offers readers the opportunity to experience the brilliance and
beauty of Paradise Lost as it was experienced by his
contemporaries
- Presents Paradise Lost in its original 1674 form
- Incorporates accidentals (spelling and punctuation) from the
1674 edition
- Recovers Miltonic rhythms, pronunciations, and sound qualities
often lost in modern editions
- Annotates names, places, biblical and literary allusions, and
unfamiliar words
- Includes illustrations by John Baptista Medina from the 1688 Folio edition