num_pages: 575
description: An old cover edition of this ISBN can be found HEREGordon 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" collects relevant passages from the Bible and Milton's prose writings, including selections from The Reason of Church Government and the full text of Areopagitica. "Criticism" brings together classic interpretations by Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, Victor Hugo, and T. S. Eliot, among others, and the most important recent criticism and scholarship surrounding the epic, including essays by Northrop Frye, Barbara Lewalski, Christopher Ricks, and Helen Vendler. A Glossary and Selected Bibliography are also included.
language: English
title: Paradise Lost: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism
titlecomplete: Paradise Lost: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism (A Norton Critical Edition)
characters: Satan, God, Mammon, Raphael (angel), Belzebub, Jesus, Michael (angel), Eve, Belial, Adam (Bible)
genres: Classics, Epic, Fantasy, Philosophy, Religion, Fiction, School, Classic Literature, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 160899
places: Eden (Biblical), Hell, Heaven
awards: awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: Ignatz Award
category: Outstanding Artist
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc (Np)