Paradise Lost

by John Milton

Scott Elledge

This is the second edition of the "Norton Critical Edition" of Milton's "Paradise Lost". It represents an extensive revision of the first edition. The text of the poem remains that of Milton's 1674 edition, retaining the original punctuation but with modernized spelling and italics. Material for the study of contemporary religious and political issues is now included, as well as selections from his earlier poetry and prose.

• ISBN10: 0393962938
• ISBN13: 9780393962932
• Publish Date: 17 February 1993 (first published December 1951)
• Publish Status: Inactive
• Out of Print: 25 September 2006
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: WW Norton & Co
• Edition: 2nd Revised edition
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 704
• Language: English

Reviews

[bearley]

Really appreciate the novel as a whole and the history of it, but it was just so much work to read this one. There was also inconsistencies between the prose that threw me off, as well as with the ordering of the events that happened.
Also, I went into the novel expecting it to be entirely in the devil’s perspective and I his presence was almost nonexistent in the last quarter.

[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.