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John Milton's celebrated epic poem exploring the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's existence A Penguin Classic 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, populated... Read Full Overview

John Milton's celebrated epic poem exploring the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's existence

Immerse yourself in the grandeur of Paradise Lost by John Milton. This epic poem delves into the cosmic battle between good and evil, exploring themes of temptation, redemption, and the complexities of human nature with captivating verse and profound philosophical insights... Read Full Overview

Gordon Teskey's freshly edited text of Milton's masterpiece is accompanied by a new introduction and substantial explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation have been modernized, the latter, importantly, within the limits imposed by Milton's syntax. "Sources and Backgrounds"... Read Full Overview

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Milton's magnificent poem narrating Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden, now in a beautiful new clothbound edition In Paradise Lost , Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And... Read Full Overview

From almost the moment of its publication in 1667, Paradise Lost was considered a classic. It is difficult now to appreciate how audacious an undertaking the epic represents, and how astonishing its immediate and continued success was. Over the course of twelve books John Milton... Read Full Overview

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books with minor revisions throughout... Read Full Overview

Since its publication by Odyssey Press in 1935, Hughes's richly annotated edition--revised in 1962--emains the preferred text of many instructors.

Gordon Teskey's freshly edited text of Milton's masterpiece is accompanied by a new introduction and substantial explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation have been modernized, the latter, importantly, within the limits imposed by Milton's syntax. "Sources and Backgrounds"... Read Full Overview

Edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. Fallon John Milton's Paradise Lost , an epic poem on the clash between God and his fallen angel, Satan, is a profound meditation on fate, free will, and divinity, and one of the most beautiful works in world literature... Read Full Overview

Part of the Norton Library series The Norton Library edition of Paradise Lost features the complete text of the second (1674) edition, the last published during Milton's lifetime, edited for the modern reader by Stephen B. Dobranski. An introduction by Dobranski discusses the... Read Full Overview

John Milton's great 17th-century epic draws upon Bible stories and classical mythology to explore the meaning of existence, as understood by people of the Western world. Its roots lie in the Genesis account of the world's creation and the first humans. Its focus is a poetic interpretation... Read Full Overview

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle... Read Full Overview

John Milton's epic religious poem concerning the fall from grace, temptation, and the struggle between good and evil.

LARGE PRINT EDITION! This poem tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny. The struggle rages across... Read Full Overview