Paradise Lost
This edition of Paradise Lost features the complete text of the second (1674) edition, the last published during Milton’s lifetime, edited for the modern reader. The introduction discusses the epic’s innovations and its historical and religious contexts, illuminating for a new generation of readers the author’s radically ambitious undertaking to “justify the ways of God to men.”
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Praise for Paradise Lost:
“Dobranski’s introduction . . . presents a tautly written and elegantly summarized account of the poet’s life. His lucid character-based sketches . . . make the main personalities of Paradise Lost into lodestars for the uninitiated reader . . . Dobranski’s notes strike just the right balance: they are exact, compact, and judiciously chosen and executed, just as one would hope for . . . The accessible introduction, solid text, and helpful notes render the volume ideal for classroom use as well as for the general reader. To that end Dobranski’s edition can be highly recommended, and I will happily assign it to my students at the next opportunity.“
Thomas Matthew Vozar, Milton Quarterly