Beschreibung:
First published in 1968, Alastair Fowler's annotated edition of Paradise Lost is acknowledged as the most authoritative guide to this major work. 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.
From the Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionAbbreviationsSelected Journal of AbbreviationsChronological Table of Milton's Life and Chief Publications INTRODUCTIONCompositionPrinting HistoryTextPunctuation Sources and ModelsLanguage and StyleMetrical StructureNumerical CompositionTime SchemeAstronomyTheologyPolitics and AllegoryCriticismPortraits and Illustrations PARADISE LOSTThe Printer to the ReaderIn Paradisum AmissanOn Paradise LostThe VerseDryden's Epigram