Paradise lost
By: John Milton ; edited by Alastair Fowler.
Contributors: Fowler, Alastair.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Longman annotated English poets
Publisher: Longman
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 716
Subjects: Adam (Biblical figure) -- Poetry; Eve (Biblical figure) -- Poetry; Bible. O.T. Genesis -- History of Biblical events -- Poetry; Fall of man -- Poetry
Description: Paradise Lost is the greatest work of one of the most acclaimed poets in English literature. It has had a profound influence on Western culture, and has attracted a vast amount of critical commentary of every sort. First published in 1968, Alastair Fowler's annotated edition of Paradise Lost is acknowledged as the most authoritative guide to this major work, and to the critical analysis that it has prompted.

This important new edition maintains the detailed annotation that has for many years provided an interesting and comprehensive explanation to this difficult but compelling poem, making it accessible both to the student and the general reader. 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.