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 |
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... Hell ( 1790-3 ) From John Collier's notes on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's public lectures From P. B. Shelley , A Defence of Poetry ( 1821 ) ទ ទួ 50 50 51 52 From Mary Shelley , Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus ( 1818 ) Modern ...
... Hell Book I 84-126 : Satan's first speech Book I 192-208 : the epic simile of the whale 71 72 74 79 81 83 84 84 86 87 90 Book I 242-63 : Satan claims dominion in Hell 91 Book I 587-612 : archangel ruined 92 Book I 710-51 : the building ...
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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 |