Beschreibung:
Milton's "Paradise Lost" is one of the great works of literature, of any time and in any language. Marked by Milton's characteristic erudition it is a work epic both in scale and, notoriously, in ambition. For nearly 350 years it has held generation upon generation of scholars, students and readers in rapt attention and its profound influence can be seen in almost every corner of Western culture. First published in 1968, with John Carey's "Complete Shorter Poems," Alastair Fowler's "Paradise Lost" is widely acknowledged to be the most authoritative edition of this compelling work.
"This is a very Bible of Milton." "Selina Hastings, Daily Telegraph"
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