John Milton's Paradise Lost: A SourcebookMargaret Kean John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost(1667) is a literary landmark. His reworking of Biblical tales of the loss of Eden constitutes not only a gripping literary work, but a significant musing on fundamental human concerns ranging from freedom and fate to conscience and consciousness. Designed for students new to Milton's complex, lengthy work, this sourcebook: * outlines the often unfamiliar contexts of seventeenth-century England which are so crucial to Paradise Lost |
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A Sourcebook Margaret Kean. John Milton's Paradise Lost A Sourcebook Edited by Margaret Kean Routledge Guides to Literature John Milton's Paradise Lost John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. Front Cover.
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... Epic poetry , English - History and criticism - Handbooks , manuals , etc. 4. Fall of man in literature - Handbooks , manuals , etc. I. Kean , Margaret , 1968– II . Series . PR3562.J64 2005 821'.4 - dc22 2004011362 ISBN 0-415-30325-7 ...
... epic invocation Book I 59-69 : the first description of Hell Book I 84-126 : Satan's first speech Book I 192-208 : the epic simile of the whale 71 72 74 79 81 83 84 84 86 87 90 Book I 242-63 : Satan claims dominion in Hell 91 Book I 587 ...
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Contents
Interpretations | 2 |
Contextual Overview | 5 |
Chronology | 12 |
From John Milton Areopagitica A Speech of Mr John Milton for the Liberty | 18 |
From Edmund Waller To The King Upon His Majestys Happy Return 1664 | 24 |
Critical History | 33 |
Early Critical Reception | 41 |
From Edmund Burke A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas | 47 |
Modern Criticism | 54 |
From Diane K McColley Miltons Eve 1983 | 66 |
Key Passages | 79 |
24 | 83 |
25 | 113 |
Recommended Modern Editions of Paradise Lost | 161 |