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Paradise lost

Milton's "Paradise Lost" is one of the great works of literature. This work provides contextual information and notes on composition and context combined with an explication of the multitude allusions Milton called to the poem's aid. It also summarises the vast body of critical attention it has attracted.
Print Book, English, 2017
Second edition, first issued in hardback View all formats and editions
Routledge, London, 2017
xxviii, 716 Seiten.
9781138418370, 9781405832786, 1138418374, 1405832789
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From the Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionAbbreviationsSelected Journal of AbbreviationsChronological Table of Milton's Life and Chief Publications INTRODUCTIONCompositionPrinting HistoryTextPunctuation Sources and ModelsLanguage and StyleMetrical StructureNumerical CompositionTime SchemeAstronomyTheologyPolitics and AllegoryCriticismPortraits and Illustrations PARADISE LOSTThe Printer to the ReaderIn Paradisum AmissanOn Paradise LostThe VerseDryden's Epigram