Paradise Lost Paperback / softback
by John Milton
Edited by Stephen (Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor in Humanities, Stanford University) Orgel, Jonathan (Sir William Osler Professor of English Literature, Johns Hopkins University) Goldberg
Part of the Oxford World's Classics series
Paperback / softback
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'Of man's first disobedience, and the fruitOf that forbidden tree, whose mortal tasteBrought death into the world... Sing heavenly muse'From almost the moment of its first publication in 1667, Paradise Lost was considered a classic.
It is difficult now to appreciate both how audacious an undertaking it represents, and how astonishing its immediate and continued success was.
Over the course of twelve books Milton wrote an epic poem that would 'justify the ways of God to men', a mission that required a complex drama whose source is both historical and deeply personal.
The struggle for ascendancy between God and Satan is played out across hell, heaven, and earth but the consequences of the Fall are all too humanly tragic - pride, ambition, and aspiration the motivating forces.
In this new edition derived from their acclaimed Oxford Authors text, Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg discuss the complexity of Milton's poem in a new introduction, and on-page notes explain its language and allusions.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:17/04/2008
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- ISBN:9780199535743
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Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:17/04/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199535743
