John Milton's Paradise Lost: A SourcebookMargaret Kean Psychology Press, 2005 - 173 pages John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost(1667) is a literary landmark. His reworking of Biblical tales of the loss of Eden constitutes not only a gripping literary work, but a significant musing on fundamental human concerns ranging from freedom and fate to conscience and consciousness. Designed for students new to Milton's complex, lengthy work, this sourcebook: * outlines the often unfamiliar contexts of seventeenth-century England which are so crucial to Paradise Lost |
From inside the book
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... God ( 1961 ) 5558 56 57 59 60 From Dennis R. Danielson , Milton's Good God : a Study in Literary Theodicy ( 1982 ) From Francis C. Blessington , Paradise Lost and the Classical Epic ( 1979 ) From Stephen M. Fallon , Milton among the ...
... God's exaltation of the Son 116 119 Book V 853-907 : Raphael recounts Satan's apostasy and Abdiel's fidelity Book VI ... God for a helpmate 125 128 Book VIII 462-99 : Adam recounts the creation of Eve 129 Book VIII 614-29 : Raphael ...
... God's redemptive plan Book XII 575-87 : Michael sums up his message 144 147 149 151 153 154 155 Book XII 610-49 : Eve's final speech and the Expulsion 4 : Further Reading Recommended Modern Editions of Paradise Lost 161 Biographies 162 ...
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Contents
Interpretations | 2 |
Contextual Overview | 5 |
Chronology | 12 |
From John Milton Areopagitica A Speech of Mr John Milton for the Liberty | 18 |
From Edmund Waller To The King Upon His Majestys Happy Return 1664 | 24 |
Critical History | 33 |
Early Critical Reception | 41 |
From Edmund Burke A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas | 47 |
Modern Criticism | 54 |
From Diane K McColley Miltons Eve 1983 | 66 |
Key Passages | 79 |
24 | 83 |
25 | 113 |
Recommended Modern Editions of Paradise Lost | 161 |