Paradise Lost (Norton Critical Editions) - Softcover

Milton, John; Elledge, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393962938 ISBN 13: 9780393962932

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1993

Synopsis

This is the second edition of the "Norton Critical Edition" of Milton's "Paradise Lost". It represents an extensive revision of the first edition. The text of the poem remains that of Milton's 1674 edition, retaining the original punctuation but with modernized spelling and italics. Material for the study of contemporary religious and political issues is now included, as well as selections from his earlier poetry and prose.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This is the first fully-annotated, old-spelling edition of Paradise Lost to be published in this century. It surveys in its introduction and incorporates in its notes the large amount of criticism published between 1965 and the present--not to mention the criticism that began with Dryden, Addison, Samuel Johnson, and William Blake--and it reflects critical perspectives from New Criticism to Deconstruction, from Philology to New Historicism and Feminism. On the page, the book combines the look and feel of original editions with the convenience of wide margins and thorough annotation.

About the Author:

John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0393962938
• ISBN 13: 9780393962932
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 688