Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics Series) - Softcover

Milton, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014042363X ISBN 13: 9780140423631

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1989

Synopsis

In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the centre of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties - blind, bitterly disappointed by the Restoration and briefly in danger of execution - Paradise Lost's apparent ambivalence towards authority has led to intense debate about whether it manages to 'justify the ways of God to men', or exposes the cruelty of Christianity.

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Review:

In this landmark edition, teachers will discover a powerful ally in bringing the excitement of Milton s poetry and prose to new generations of students. William C. Dowling, Rutgers University
This magnificent edition gives us everything we need to read Milton intelligently and with fresh perception. William H. Pritchard, Amherst College"

"In this landmark edition, teachers will discover a powerful ally in bringing the excitement of Milton's poetry and prose to new generations of students."--William C. Dowling, Rutgers University

"This magnificent edition gives us everything we need to read Milton intelligently and with fresh perception."--William H. Pritchard, Amherst College

About the Author:

John Milton (1608-1674)

One of the greatest poets of the English language, best-known for his epic poem PARADISE LOST (1667).

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 014042363X
• ISBN 13: 9780140423631
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Ricks Christopher