John Milton's Paradise Lost: A SourcebookMargaret Kean 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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... Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing , To the Parlament of England ( 1644 ) From John Milton , The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates ( 1649 ) From the speech made by King Charles I at his execution ( 1649 ) ...
... 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 of Pandaemonium 94 Book II 1-10 ...
... speech and the Expulsion 4 : Further Reading Recommended Modern Editions of Paradise Lost 161 Biographies 162 Collections of Critical Essays 162 163 Recommended Studies of Paradise Lost Glossary Index 166 း း 169 Annotation and ...
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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 |