Paradise Lost

by John Milton

Gordon Teskey (Editor)

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.

• ISBN10: 0393924289
• ISBN13: 9780393924282
• Publish Date: 25 February 2005 (first published December 1951)
• Publish Status: Inactive
• Out of Print: 25 January 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: WW Norton & Co
• Edition: Critical edition
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 624
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sarah Says]

I made it through book one and book two, but I can’t contemplate reading ten more parts. I've got so much going on at the moment that my brain can’t slow down. I think I’ll try picking this up in a few more years and see how I go.

[ladygrey]

I shouldn't count this because I only half read it for school. But I remember the gist of it.