Paradise Lost (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
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John Milton's celebrated epic poem exploring the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's existence A Penguin Classic In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1593080956
ISBN13:9781593080952
Release Date:August 2004
Publisher:Barnes & Noble Classics
Length:496 Pages
Weight:0.94 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 5.4" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
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The definitive Paradise Lost resource
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
It is a laborious read, but John Milton's Paradise Lost is worth it. First published in 1667, Paradise Lost remains, many contend, the greatest poem ever published in English, and Milton is deemed second only to Shakespeare among the pantheon of English writers. When reading Milton, be prepared for hundreds of references to Greek and Roman mythology that few of us (myself included) are familiar with as well as works saturated in biblical references and allusions and much obscure vocabulary. Happily, this Norton Critical Edition includes hundreds of notes--footnotes, so there is no disruptive flipping back and forth! This edition also offers dozens of critical essays on Paradise Lost, some dating back to its publication, a couple of Milton's prose works and an extensive glossary. Whether reading for pleasure or for (school) credit, this NCE of Paradise Lost is a godsend.
an Invaluable text
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I ordered this text to help write a paper, and it has ended up serving as my primary text for my research. The text is at least as good as any of the other editions I have looked at, the footnotes are top-notch, and the critical articles are some of the siminal works. My only gripe is that there are no visual markers in the text for the footnotes, they are simply at the bottom of the page, signified by line number. Because of this, I sometimes don't realize that there are footnotes on a particular line, but this is a minor problem.
"Once lost, but I was found"
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Rating Paradise Lost on a 5-star chart is not even fair.Some books are not to be rated at all, `cos they do deserve more.Paradise Lost deserves your time and your mind.
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