Paradise Lost: a Norton Critical Edition (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) |
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| Author:
| Milton, John |
| Editor:
| Teskey, Gordon |
| Series title: | Norton Critical Editions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-393-61717-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2021 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $13.50 |
Book Description:
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"Teskey's revised edition is as open as it is authoritative. There's a genuine reverence for the poetic wisdom of Paradise Lost conveyed in these pages, and an equal sense that this is a poem we should be wrangling with on matters of race, religion, politics, and gender. New critical selections in each of those areas, augmented annotations, and a quick-reference Glossary of Names make this an ideal edition for learning--and for luxuriating in--this monumental poem." --RAYNA KALAS,...
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"Teskey's revised edition is as open as it is authoritative. There's a genuine reverence for the poetic wisdom of Paradise Lost conveyed in these pages, and an equal sense that this is a poem we should be wrangling with on matters of race, religion, politics, and gender. New critical selections in each of those areas, augmented annotations, and a quick-reference Glossary of Names make this an ideal edition for learning--and for luxuriating in--this monumental poem." --RAYNA KALAS, Cornell University
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- The 1674 text of Paradise Lost, with emendations and adoptions from the first edition and from the scribal manuscript. Spelling and punctuation have been modernized for student readers.
- An illuminating introduction and abundant explanatory annotations by Gordon Teskey.
- Source and background materials, including Milton's greatest prose work, Areopagitica, in its entirety and key selections from the Bible.
- Topically arranged commentaries and interpretations--seventy-eight in all, thirty-nine of them new to the Second Edition--from classic assessments to current scholarship.
- A glossary of names and suggestions for further reading.
About the SeriesRead by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.