John Milton's Paradise Lost: A SourcebookMargaret Kean John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost(1667) is a literary landmark. His reworking of Biblical tales of the loss of Eden constitutes not only a gripping literary work, but a significant musing on fundamental human concerns ranging from freedom and fate to conscience and consciousness. Designed for students new to Milton's complex, lengthy work, this sourcebook: * outlines the often unfamiliar contexts of seventeenth-century England which are so crucial to Paradise Lost |
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... edition ( 1660 ) From Edmund Waller , " To The King , Upon His Majesty's Happy Return ' ( 1664 ) From John Milton [ ? ] , De Doctrina Christiana ( pub . 1825 ) John Milton , ' The Verse ' , Paradise Lost ( 1674 ) From John Dryden ...
... Edition ( 1732 ) From Jonathan Swift , Milton Restor'd and Bentley Depos'd ( 1732 ) 45 46 From marginalia in a copy of Richard Bentley , Milton's Paradise Lost ( 1732 ) 46 From Edmund Burke , A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of ...
... Editions of Paradise Lost 161 Biographies 162 Collections of Critical Essays 162 163 Recommended Studies of Paradise Lost Glossary Index 166 း း 169 Annotation and Footnotes Annotation is a key feature of this CONTENTS.
Contents
Interpretations | 2 |
Contextual Overview | 5 |
Chronology | 12 |
From John Milton Areopagitica A Speech of Mr John Milton for the Liberty | 18 |
From Edmund Waller To The King Upon His Majestys Happy Return 1664 | 24 |
Critical History | 33 |
Early Critical Reception | 41 |
From Edmund Burke A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas | 47 |
Modern Criticism | 54 |
From Diane K McColley Miltons Eve 1983 | 66 |
Key Passages | 79 |
24 | 83 |
25 | 113 |
Recommended Modern Editions of Paradise Lost | 161 |