Paradise lost in short
Subtitle: Smith, Stillingfleet, and the transformation of epic
By: by Kay Gilliland Stevenson and Margaret Seares.
Contributors: Seares, Margaret, 1968-; Smith, John Christopher, 1712-1795.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Madison; London; Cranbury, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Smith, John Christopher, 1712-1795.; Milton, John, 1608-1674.; Stillingfleet, Benjamin, 1702-1771.
Description: Paradise Lost in Short presents the history of early adaptations of Milton's Paradise Lost for the musical stage. Students of Milton and of eighteenth-century music, as well as anyone interested in how generic expectations and social conditions contribute to the shaping of artistic works, will find this volume useful.

Paradise Lost: An Oratorio was first performed at Covent Garden the year after Handel's death and revived in two later seasons. The libretto by Benjamin Stillingfleet and the music by John Christopher Smith the younger, friend and former pupil of Handel, provide a reinterpretation of Milton's major poem.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-191) and index.