John Milton

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

Paradise Lost

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New York

The epic poem depicts the creation, fall, and redemption of humankind and the moral and spiritual dilemmas of God's judgment.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Michigan

This volume contains the fully-annotated text of Paradise Lost. A companion volume, Milton: Complete Shorter Poems, contains all Milton's remaining poetry, including the Latin poems, edited by John Carey.

Milton

☆ Notes taken and underlining throughout :)

Pennsylvania

In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the centre of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties - blind, bitterly disappointed by the Restoration and briefly in danger of execution - Paradise Lost's apparent ambivalence towards authority has led to intense debate about whether it manages to ‘justify the ways of God to men', or exposes the cruelty of Christianity.

Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics Edition, 1989)

Texas

Edited with an introduction and notes by John Leonard.

David Hawkes

Indiana

Presents the epic poem about the Creation and the Fall, and includes explanatory notes and a timeline of important events in Milton's life.

George Stade

Discoloration on the paper, hardcover, and sleeve. Originally purchased in 2005.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Paradise Lost is the greatest epic poem in English literature, and Milton's Satan one of its most compelling figures. The controversy has been exceeded only by its tremendous influence: countless masters of English verse have paid homage to Milton and Paradise Lost. A profound meditation on the role of man under God, Pardise Lost is essential reading.

Dennis Danielson

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Kentucky

Parallel Prose Edition

John Milton’s epic story of cosmic rebellion and the beginning of human history has long been considered one of the greatest and most gripping narratives ever written in English. Yet its intensely poetic language, now-antiquated syntax and vocabulary, and dense allusions to mythical and Biblical figures make it inaccessible to many modern readers. This is, as the critic Harold Bloom wrote in 2000, “a great sorrow, and a true cultural loss.” Dennis Danielson aims to open up Milton’s epic for a twenty-first-century readership by providing a fluid, accessible rendition in contemporary prose alongside the original. The edition allows readers to experience the power of the original poem without barriers to understanding.

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