Milton's Paradise Lost
Books I and II

This 1952 fifth edition presents the text of the first and second books of Milton's Paradise Lost.

John Milton (Author), A. W. Verity (Edited by)

9781107641570, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 August 2013

248 pages
2 x 12.9 x 1.3 cm, 0.25 kg

Originally published in 1952, as the fifth edition of an 1893 original, this book presents the text of the first and second books of Milton's Paradise Lost, in which the fallen angels plan another attack on God after their exile to Hell. The poem is accompanied by a biography of Milton, a history of the poem, a discussion of the cosmology of Paradise Lost and other scholarly appendices. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Milton and the history of Paradise Lost.

Introduction
Commendatory verses and preface
Paradise Lost: Book I
Book II
Notes
Appendix
Glossary
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]