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Description for Paradise Lost
Paperback. 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. Series: Longman Annotated English Poets. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 41. Weight in Grams: 922.
First published in 1968, Alastair Fowler's annotated edition of Paradise Lost is acknowledged as the most authoritative guide to this major work. It is the only recent edition of Paradise Lost to be based on the text of the first (1667) edition, now widely accepted to be closer to Milton's intention than that of 1674.
Product Details
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
744
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Longman Annotated English Poets
Condition
New
Weight
910g
Number of Pages
744
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405832786
SKU
V9781405832786
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About John Milton
Professor Alastair Fowler is Regius Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and English Literature, Universityof Edinburgh.
Reviews for Paradise Lost
"
a monument of scholarship, but also a book accessible to any lover of poetry
It's reincarnation is something to be celebrated". John Mullan, The Guardian This is a very Bible of Milton, and the editors should be upheld forever as the supreme example to all future editors and annotators of English verse Selina Hastings, The Daily Telegraph "Those ... Read more