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Paradise Lost

By John Milton and Barbara K. Lewalski
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Paradise Lost is John Milton's epic poem that explores the biblical story of the Fall of Man, depicting the rebellion of Satan, the temptation of Adam and Eve, and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. This authoritative edition presents the poem in the original 1674 language, offering readers a chance to experience its rich rhythms, pronunciations, and spellings as Milton's contemporaries did. Accompanied by explanatory annotations, word glosses, and period illustrations by John Baptista Medina, it illuminates Milton's poetic genius and biblical allusions.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This edition is ideal for students, academics, and general readers interested in classic literature, poetry, and biblical epics. It suits those seeking an authentic historical text with scholarly support to deepen their understanding of Milton's masterpiece.

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This authoritative edition of Milton's great epic, Paradise Lost, presents the poem in the original language (spelling and punctuation) of its 1674 publication. It thereby recovers pronunciations, sonorities, and rhythms often lost in modernized editions. Barbara K.

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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.

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Esteemed Milton scholar Barbara K. Lewalski edits this edition with rigorous scholarship and a dedication to teaching. Gordon Campbell praises it for balancing scholarly exactitude with accessibility for students encountering the poem for the first time. Edward Jones commends its faithful reproduction of the original text's spelling, punctuation, and formatting, making it invaluable for teachers and scholars alike.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405129299

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 August 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 173.0mm

Height: 247.0mm

Weight: 671g

Pages: 400

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Arts & Culture Barbara K. Lewalski John Milton Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Barbara K. Lewalski is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English Literature and of History and Literature at Harvard University. She is author of the definitive critical biography, The Life of Milton (Blackwell, 2000), which won the Milton Society of America’s James Holly Hanford Book Award, and which has been widely celebrated. Her many other publications include Paradise Lost and the Rhetoric of Literary Forms (1985); Milton’s Brief Epic: The Genre, Meaning and Art of Paradise Regained (1966); and Protestant Poetics and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Lyric (1979).

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